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Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Revista Clínica Española (English Edition), 2020
AbstractInvasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) remains difficult to diagnose and to treat. Most common risk factors are prolonged neutropenia, hematopoietic stem cell or solid organ transplantation, inherited or acquired immunodeficiency, administration of steroids or other immunosuppressive agents including monoclonal antibodies and new small ...
L A, Fernández-Bermejo, G, Ramírez-Olivencia   +1 more
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Pulmonary aspergillosis

The Netherlands Journal of Medicine, 2001
Aspergillus species are ubiquitous in the environment and are inevitably inhaled into the airways. Inhalation of Aspergillus conidia or mycelium fragments may result in colonisation of the airways. In susceptible hosts colonisation may subsequently cause disease.
J F, Tomee, T S, van der Werf
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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, S G, Agrawal, Jeremy S, Brown   +2 more
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The spectrum of pulmonary aspergillosis

Irish Journal of Medical Science, 1988
THIS paper is a retrospective study of thirty-nine patients with lung disease, caused by aspergillus fumigatus, seen in two large general hospitals over a ten year period. The study was undertaken to establish the pattern and distribution of pulmonary aspergillosis in this group with particular emphasis on the nature of the underlying disorder ...
G, McCarthy, M X, FitzGerald, P, Keelan
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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, Izidor, Kern, Ema, Music   +2 more
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Pulmonary aspergillosis in Argyll

British Journal of Diseases of the Chest, 1965
Summary All the chest radiographs taken in Argyll from 1954 to 1963 have been investigated and the fifty-six patients found to have residual tuberculous or other cavitation, with or without any suggestion of aspergilloma, have been examined further. Six of these (approximately one in ten) were discovered to have pulmonary aspergillomas.
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Pulmonary Allergie Aspergillosis

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1970
Abstract In pulmonary allergic aspergillosis the fungus grows in secretions of the respiratory tract.
T M, Golbert, R, Patterson
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Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

Mycoses, 2013
SummaryChronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a group of consuming diseases usually presenting with prolonged and relapsing cough, dyspnoea and weight loss. Acute symptoms such as haemoptysis and bronchial or pulmonary haemorrhage may occasionally occur.
K E, Schweer, C, Bangard, K, Hekmat, O A, Cornely   +3 more
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Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Greece

Diseases of the Chest, 1952
Summary 1) Pulmonary aspergillosis is a rare disease difficult to diagnose because it is often confused with pulmonary tuberculosis. 2) In all cases of pulmonary affections where pulmonary tuberculosis is excluded, search for pulmonary aspergillosis should not be omitted.
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