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Pulmonary aspergillosis: diagnosis and treatment

European Respiratory Review, 2022
Aspergillus species are the most frequent cause of fungal infections of the lungs with a broad spectrum of clinical presentations including invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA).
Frederic Lamoth, Thierry Calandra
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Co-infection of active pulmonary tuberculosis and invasive pulmonary aspergillosis following a liver transplant: a case report [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background We report a rare case of co-infection involving pulmonary tuberculosis and invasive aspergillosis following a liver transplant. Case presentation A 25-year-old female housewife immigrant from Afghanistan, who had autoimmune hepatitis and ...
Sara Abolghasemi, Masoud Mardani, Maryam Valikhani, Amirhassan Rabbani, Mahmood Amiri   +4 more
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Incidence and predictors of pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundPulmonary aspergillosis is a rare but serious complication following lung cancer surgery, increasing the risk of mortality. The incidence of pulmonary aspergillosis and its risk factors among lung cancer patients is unknown.
Geling Teng, Feng Jin, Hua Zhang, Min Zhang   +3 more
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Observational study of the recent efficacy and economy of itraconazole vs. voriconazole in perioperative pulmonary aspergillosis [PDF]

Frontiers in Surgery
BackgroundAntifungal therapy is a common treatment option for pulmonary aspergillosis, but its use to prevent recurrence and relieve symptoms in patients with pulmonary aspergillosis remains controversial.
Peng Chen, Xiao Zhang, Xinzhe Zheng, Yang Tang, Yongxiang Song, Gang Xu, Xixian Ke, Cheng Chen   +7 more
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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill patients with pneumonia due to COVID-19, influenza, and communityacquired pneumonia: A prospective observational study [PDF]

Current Medical Mycology, 2022
Background and Purpose: Influenza A and SARS-CoV-2 are risk factors for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Both influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis and COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis result in high mortality and poor clinical ...
Ahsan Syed, Kausar Jabeen, Joveria Farooqi, Hammad Niamatullah, Aisha Fareed Siddiqui, Safia Awan, Alishah Akbar, Irfan Muhammad   +7 more
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Metagenomic next-generation sequencing for the diagnosis of pulmonary aspergillosis in non-neutropenic patients: a retrospective study

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
This study aimed to obtain further in-depth information on the value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) for diagnosing pulmonary aspergillosis in non-neutropenic patients.
Shujun Bao, Huihui Song, Yang Chen, Caiming Zhong, Hao Tang   +4 more
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Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis - case series and review of Indian literature

Indian Journal of Respiratory Care, 2021
Aspergillus species, especially Aspergillus fumigatus, can cause varied pulmonary manifestations depending on the host immune status and duration of infection. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is an under-reported entity, and its diagnosis remains a
Vikas Marwah, Robin Choudhary, Deepu K Peter, Gaurav Bhati, Kunal Kumar, R Akhil, Shafin Babu   +6 more
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Chronic Aspergillosis in the Guise of Peripheral Lung Neoplasia

Вестник рентгенологии и радиологии, 2021
Two cases of postoperative diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis are presented, which were previously regarded as malignant neoplasms. A decisive role in the detection of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis is played by computed tomography, but the ...
N. G. Nikolaeva, T. A. Golimbievskaya, O. V. Shadrivova, E. A. Desyatik, I. A. Bekhtereva, S-A. S. Barmicheva, Yu. V. Borzova, Yu. A. Krivolapov, I. E. Itskovich, N. N. Klimko   +9 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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Pleuropulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient presenting as pleural-based peripheral lung mass: A sporadic occurrence

Journal of Association of Pulmonologist of Tamil Nadu, 2021
The importance of knowledge about pulmonary aspergillosis has increased immensely in the era of COVID-19 as a significant number of post-COVID patients develop lung infection with aspergillosis, an entity called COVID-associated pulmonary aspergillosis ...
P Amal Johnson, R Narasimhan, Ajay Narasimhan   +2 more
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