High blood eosinophil counts predict sputum eosinophilia in patients with severe asthma

MeSH terms

• Anti-Asthmatic Agents / therapeutic use
• Asthma / diagnosis*
• Asthma / drug therapy
• Asthma / immunology
• Asthma / pathology*
• Beclomethasone / therapeutic use
• Eosinophilia / diagnosis*
• Eosinophilia / drug therapy
• Eosinophilia / immunology
• Eosinophilia / pathology*
• Eosinophils / drug effects
• Eosinophils / immunology
• Eosinophils / pathology*
• Humans
• Leukocyte Count
• Predictive Value of Tests
• Prednisone / therapeutic use
• Severity of Illness Index
• Sputum / cytology
• Th2 Cells / drug effects
• Th2 Cells / immunology
• Th2 Cells / pathology
• Triamcinolone / therapeutic use