Challenges in managing a multifactorial eosinophilic pneumonia: daptomycin vs strongyloidiasis case report.

Background: Eosinophilia is defined as a blood eosinophil count > 500/mcL with etiology usually an allergic reaction or parasitic infection which can lead to serious organ damage.

Case Presentation: A patient being treated for hardware infection develops eosinophilia while on daptomycin in the setting of a positive strongyloides antibody. The patient was on chronic steroids prior to admission for epitheliopathy which complicated care.