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Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Respiration, 2002
<i>Background:</i> Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. Mild abnormality of host defence is usually present in the chronic necrotising form of the disease. Acute aspergillus pneumonia usually affects patients who are seriously immunocompromised.
Sabina Skrgat, Kristan   +2 more
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis/pseudomonas

BMJ Case Reports, 2021
A 47-year-old Caucasian man on long-standing antifungal therapy for chronic necrotising aspergillosis and a history of recurrent pseudomonas pneumonias presented to the outpatient pulmonary clinic with dyspnoea and chest discomfort for 3 days. A CT angiography of the chest demonstrated angioinvasion from the previously noted left upper lobe cavitary ...
Menaka Mahendran, Daniel Urbine
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2005
In susceptible patients, invasive aspergillosis has a high incidence and a mortality of up to 80%. The diagnosis of this condition is difficult, especially in the early stages of the disease and, as a consequence, antifungal therapy, despite its expense and toxicity, is often initiated empirically.
S R, Doffman   +2 more
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Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2004
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is the most common fungal pulmonary infection in severely immunocompromised patients. Aspergillus species are commonly isolated from the soil, plant debris, and the indoor environment, including the hospital. Phagocytosis is the main host defense against Aspergillus conidia and hyphae.
Raoul, Herbrecht   +3 more
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Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1980
To the Editor:— In reference to the article "Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Associated With Influenza" by Fischer and Walker (241:1493, 1979), mention is made that invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is usually seen in the compromised host and that invasive disease is rare in normal persons. The authors mention only 13 cases of pulmonary aspergillosis
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