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A Suspected Case of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Mycosis Associated With <i>Exophiala dermatitidis</i>. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
An 83‐year‐old man without asthma developed allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis (ABPM) associated with Exophiala dermatitidis. This case suggests that E. dermatitidis may be involved in ABPM. ABSTRACT Exophiala dermatitidis is a black fungus that can colonize the airways, but allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis (ABPM) associated with E.
Yonezawa T, Onishi S, Sunakawa D, Kato Y, Ito S.   +4 more
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Inhaled <i>N</i>-Acetylcysteine as a Potential Adjunctive Therapy in Mucus Plug-Forming Asthma With <i>Irpex lacteus</i> Isolation: A Case Report. [PDF]

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A 68‐year‐old woman with mucus plug‐forming asthma and highly tenacious sputum received repeated administrations of inhaled N‐acetylcysteine, with subsequent rapid sputum improvement and radiographic resolution of mucus plugging. This case suggests that tenacious sputum may represent a treatable trait and that inhaled N‐acetylcysteine may serve as a ...
Uchida Y, Hirao Y, Kurokawa K, Ichikawa Y, Furusho S, Ogawa H.   +5 more
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Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis With Elevated Serum Tumour Marker Levels. [PDF]

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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 ...
Ishikawa H, Anzai M, Kishimoto A, Namiki T, Nakagawa R, Sunabe H, Inui T, Watanabe H, Dai Y, Sakamoto T.   +9 more
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Steroid-Refractory Cryptogenic Organising Pneumonia (COP) in a Patient With Mannose-Binding Lectin (MBL) Deficiency. [PDF]

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A 67‐year‐old man with cryptogenic organising pneumonia developed recurrent relapses despite corticosteroid and mycophenolate therapy. A complete absence of mannose‐binding lectin was identified, suggesting impaired apoptotic cell clearance as a contributor to persistent inflammation.
Dimeas IE, Sinis SI, Kirgou P, McCarthy C, Daniil Z.   +4 more
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Clinical Characteristics of Difficult-To-Treat Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis and Its Prediction Score. [PDF]

Allergy
A retrospective cohort of newly diagnosed treatment‐naive patients with ABPA in Japan who were followed up for up to 3 years after the primary diagnosis was analyzed to explore the clinical remission rate and clinical characteristics of ABPA resistant to standard treatment or prone to exacerbation during/after treatment.
Tanaka J, Oguma T, Ishiguro T, Taniguchi H, Nishiuma T, Tateno H, Matsumoto H, Koshimizu N, Ito Y, Matsunaga K, Matsushima H, Uchida Y, Yokomura K, Yasuba H, Suzuki J, Hattori S, Okada N, Tomomatsu K, Asano K, ABPM Research Program.   +19 more
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CLINICAL CASE OF CHRONIC PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS IN PATIENT WITH DRUG-RESISTANT PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS

Žurnal Grodnenskogo Gosudarstvennogo Medicinskogo Universiteta, 2020
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a disease which is diffcult to diagnose and which complicates other respiratory diseases. Forms of CPA include chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis, chronic fbrosing pulmonary aspergillosis, simple ...
Demidik S. N., Mashinskaya A. N., Volf S. B., Alekso E. N., Sanukevich T. G., Vitman N. Z.   +5 more
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Clinical, radiological, and immunological assessment of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis

Indian Journal of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is an immunologically mediated lung disease, predominantly in patients with asthma and is caused by hypersensitivity to colonized dimorphic fungus Aspergillus, commonly Aspergillus fumigatus ...
Anshika Jindal, Yogendra Singh Rathore, Shubhra Jain, V K Jain, Vinod Joshi   +4 more
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A rare case of calcified pulmonary aspergilloma

Lung India, 2014
Pulmonary aspergilloma is caused by colonization and proliferation of Aspergillus in the preexisting cavities in lungs. Diagnosis of pulmonary aspergilloma is usually made based on chest X-ray findings, presence of serum precipitins against aspergillus ...
K A Vishak, A P Yogitha, A P Preetam, R Anand, U B Naik   +4 more
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An atypical acute exacerbation of COPD due to Aspergillus fumigatus

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2020
A 64-year-old male with a history of stabile chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presented with increasing dyspnea and sputum for the last two months. Complete blood count showed WBC 14x103/ml, Hgb: 14.2 g/dL and eosinophilia. Blood biochemistry
Cuneyt Tetikkurt, Bahar Kubat, Seza Tetikkurt, Gulsum Karakas   +3 more
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Kids, Difficult Asthma and Fungus

Journal of Fungi, 2020
Fungi have many potential roles in paediatric asthma, predominantly by being a source of allergens (severe asthma with fungal sensitization, SAFS), and also directly damaging the epithelial barrier and underlying tissue by releasing proteolytic enzymes ...
Andrew Bush
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