ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS
Aspergillus is a saprophytic mold and its natural habitat is the soil. It is found worldwide indoors and outdoors in potted soil, compost, freshly cut grasses, decaying vegetation and in sewers.
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Tezepelumab treatment for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis [PDF]
An 82‐year‐old man had been diagnosed with asthma. He experienced repeated exacerbations requiring treatment with a systemic corticosteroid despite being treated with medications including high‐dose fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol ...
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A Case of Cryobiopsy of a Large Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis‐Associated Mucus Plug [PDF]
A 68‐year‐old woman presented with cough and dyspnoea. She was diagnosed with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with mucus plugs. Forceps biopsy failed to remove a large plug, but cryobiopsy with a 2.4 mm cryoprobe was successful.
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Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis [PDF]
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is a slowly progressive disease, caused by the fungus Aspergillus fumigatus hypersensitivity when it is found in the airway. It usually affects asthmatics and patients with cystic brosis. We report the case of a 20-
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Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis [PDF]
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), a progressive fungal allergic lung disease, is a common complication of asthma or cystic fibrosis. Although ABPA has been recognized since the 1950s, recent research has underscored the importance of Th2 ...
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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. [PDF]
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is not a common condition, even though asthma due to sensitization to Aspergillus antigen is very common in many countries because of the ubiquitous distribution of the fungus itself. During the course of 14 years, the Mycology Department of the V. P.
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Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis With Elevated Serum Tumour Marker Levels [PDF]
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with mucus plugs in the bronchi may present with elevated levels of serum tumour markers as well as multiple nodular shadows on chest x‐rays, requiring differentiation from malignancy. ABSTRACT We present the case of a 56‐year‐old woman diagnosed with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) who showed ...
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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in children [PDF]
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a pulmonary disease caused by Aspergillus induced hypersensitivity that occurs in immunocompetent but susceptible patients with asthma and/or cystic fibrosis (CF).
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Coexistence of Asymptomatic Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis and Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Case Report [PDF]
Qingqing Jia,1,2,* Lian Wang,1,2,* Xiang Tong,1,2 Jibo Sun,1,2 Hong Fan1,2 1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, People’s Republic of China; 2State Key Laboratory of ...
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Revised ISHAM-ABPA working group clinical practice guidelines for diagnosing, classifying and treating allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis/mycoses. [PDF]
Background The International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) working group proposed recommendations for managing allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) a decade ago. There is a need to update these recommendations due to advances in
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