Abstract
The first report on the ability of the eosinophils to perform the respiratory burst appeared in 1968.1 At that time, the respiratory burst of neutrophils was already known in several details, and reviews on the subject were available.2–5 This tells clearly enough what the rank of the eosinophil is, relative to the neutrophil, in the theme of respiratory burst—a situation similar to that of the second born son in a family whose performances are inevitably evaluated looking at the oldest son. In other words, the question underlying the research on the eosinophil respiratory burst has often, if not always, been whether the eosinophil could do what the neutrophil was already known to be able to do. It is therefore inevitable, in such a presentation, to refer frequently to neutrophils and to slip often into comparisons between eosinophils and neutrophils.
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