Chronic necrotising pulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus niger in a mildly immunocompromised host

Chronic necrotising pulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus niger in a mildly immunocompromised host.

Chronic necrotising pneumonia caused by Aspergillus niger.

A woman with asthma developed chronic necrotising semi-invasive pneumonia due to mixed Aspergillus niger and Candida albicans infection; though not severely immunosuppressed, she may have been predisposed by long term oral corticosteroid and recurrent oral antibiotic treatment. The diagnosis should be considered in patients with chronic airflow limitation who develop cavitating pneumonia.

Pulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus flavus.

Bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is usually caused by Aspergillus fumigatus. The six cases from the Sudan reported here were due to Aspergillus flavus. Three of the patients had primary invasive disease, one had Aspergillus mycetoma in a pre-existing lung cavity, and two had allergic aspergillosis. A special feature of the invasive disease was the clinical and radiographic simulation of malignanc...

Chronic Invasive Aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus viridinutans

Aspergillus viridinutans, a mold phenotypically resembling A. fumigatus, was identified by gene sequence analyses from 2 patients. Disease was distinct from typical aspergillosis, being chronic and spreading in a contiguous manner across anatomical planes. We emphasize the recognition of fumigati-mimetic molds as agents of chronic or refractory aspergillosis.

Chronic necrotising pulmonary aspergillosis treated with itraconazole.

A patient with longstanding ankylosing spondylitis developed chronic necrotising pulmonary aspergillosis, which was successfully treated with itraconazole.