Living with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
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[Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis].
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a syndrome seen in patients with asthma and cystic fibrosis. It is characterized by chronic colonization of the airways with a ubiquitous fungus, Aspergillus fumigatus. The clinical expression of ABPA results from the complex interaction of chronic colonization of the airways with A fumigatus, host factors allowing this colonization, and the hos...
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عنوان ژورنال: Breathe
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1810-6838,2073-4735
DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0170-2019