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Acute fulminant invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent host: An autopsy case report

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018
A 62-year-old previously healthy male who was a welder/smoker/drinker was admitted to Kani Tono Hospital for severe hypoxemia (Day 0). Initial physical and radiological examinations suggested an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Yuuki Ohara, Takahiko Ito, Makoto Ito, Kyoko Yamashita, Shinya Toyokuni   +4 more
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Microbiological and immunological characteristics of a lethal pulmonary Aspergillus niger infection in a non-neutropenic patient

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2018
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is increasingly described in non-neutropenic patients, such as patients with COPD receiving corticosteroids and the critically ill.
Jessica D. Workum, Suzanne W. de Jong, Mark S. Gresnigt, Katharina L. Becker, Peter Pickkers, Frank L. van de Veerdonk, Yvonne F. Heijdra, Eva Kolwijck   +7 more
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient with cirrhosis

IDCases, 2020
Aspergillus molds are ubiquitous environmental molds that can cause devastating invasive infections in immunocompromised patients. These infections often go unrecognized in critically ill patients. This case describes a 68 year-old female resident of a long-term nursing facility with history of dementia, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with cirrhosis,
Heather L. Clark, Hugo E. Valencia, Jennifer J. Findeis-Hosey, Steve N. Georas   +3 more
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicating allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

Respiratory Medicine, 1995
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is a frequent complication in immunocompromised patients. The role of the prolonged use of steroids in predisposing to invasive aspergillosis has been recognized, but exceptionally described in asthmatic patients. We report the case of a 59-year-old woman with bronchial asthma treated with steroid therapy for a long ...
A. Ganassini, CAZZADORI, Angelo Antonio
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Semi-invasive aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient with Swyer-James-MacLeod Syndrome: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010
Introduction Invasive and semi-invasive pulmonary aspergillosis usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. It has been described occasionally in patients with normal immunity and previous lung disease such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
Semedo Júlio ANMQ, Bugalho António A, Costa Carla A, Salgado Sara MST, Ribeiro José C, Carreiro Luís M   +5 more
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis presenting as thoracic mass causing obstruction of the superior and inferior vena cava in an immunocompetent patient: a diagnostic dilemma

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2015
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a disease of immunocompromised patients, but its prevalence is increasing in immunocompetent persons. Patients usually present with non-specific symptoms, sometimes consistent with bronchopneumonia.
Moti lal Bunkar, Rajendra Prasad Takhar, Savita Arya   +2 more
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Granulomatous response to invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunotherapy-naive host, a maladaptive response?

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2018
Pulmonary aspergillosis causes a wide spectrum of disease, ranging from asymptomatic airway colonization to severe invasive disease, contingent on the host's immune status and underlying pulmonary anatomy.
Andres L. Mora Carpio, Jessica M. Stempel, Daniela de Lima Corvino, Veronica Garvia, Antonette Climaco   +4 more
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Pulmonary Aspergillosis: An Observation from a Tertiary Care Hospital of Western Uttar Pradesh

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
Background: Aspergillus is the most frequently occurring fungal infection in immunocompromised patients with a high mortality rate. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is the most serious entity on the spectrum of pulmonary aspergillosis. Limited studies on
Zeba Naj, Peetam Singh, Anita Pandey
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Aspergillus spondylodiscitis in a patient with liver cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2014
Aspergillus osteomyelitis is a rare manifestation of invasive aspergillosis which accounts for 1.8% to 5.6% of all invasive aspergillosis forms. As other forms of invasive aspergillosis, it predominantly occurs in immunosupressed patients with well ...
Tereza Rojko, Matevž Gorenšek, Julija Germ, Stanka Lotrič-Furlan, Bojana Beović   +4 more
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Management of Aspergillus pleural empyema with combined systemic and intrapleural antifungal therapy in a pediatric patient: Case report

Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2018
We present the case of an 8-year-old immunocompromised boy with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, complicated with pleural empyema and disseminated to the bone and central nervous system (CNS).
Alanoud Almuhareb, Zakaria Habib
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