Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in non-immunocompromised patients.

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in non-immunocompromised patients.

Two Cases of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in an Iranian Family

SUMMARY Aspergillosis is an infectious disease caused by genus aspergillos species. Aspergilli are ab undant in the environment, they Jive in soil as saprophyte deriving nutrient, from dead plants and animal matters. The genus aspergillos in characterized by the formation of distinctive conidiophores giving rise to conidias which can spread by air and are able to reside on the body surface spe...

Aspergillus-PCR in bronchoalveolar lavage for detection of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompromised patients

BACKGROUND Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is a frequent and serious infectious complication in immunocompromised patients. Culture and cytology in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) have a high specificity but low sensitivity for the diagnosis of IFD as assessed by histology. Molecular methods are expected to allow a rapid diagnosis of IFD with a high sensitivity. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy ...

Invasive gastrointestinal aspergillosis in an immunocompromised host.

I Aspergillosis (IA) is a common opportunistic infection in immunocompromised individuals. The IA is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with hematological malignancies and it is particularly common during neutropenic episodes following anticancer chemotherapy.1 While pulmonary aspergillosis involvement is common, gastrointestinal (GI) aspergillosis infection with clinical...

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Background: Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is an infection often occurring in neutropenic patients and has high mortality rates. In recent years, it has been reported that the incidence of IPA has also increased in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical and demographic characteristics and treatment responses o...