TOXOCARIASIS AND IRRITABLE-BOWEL-SYNDROME

We report 4 cases of adults patients, suffering from irritable bowel s yndrome, which had been attributed late to toxocariasis and for whom t he treatment led to recovery. Hypereosinophilia was present only in 3 cases. These cases show that toxocariasis is not limited anymore to if s two classical expressions: visceral larva migrans and ocular toxocar iasis. So it ir;useful to think of if to confirm and treat it in the c ase of patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome. This enables shorter diagnosis delay (14 months in average for our patients) and th is is essential for therapeutic efficiency.