Treatment of bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with observations on the use of natamycin.
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Controlled trial of natamycin in the treatment of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis often requires treatment with oral corticosteroids to control the host response to Aspergillus fumigatus. In a double blind study 25 patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis taking maintenance oral corticosteroids were randomly allocated to receive 5 mg natamycin or placebo by nebuliser twice daily for one year. The primary aim of the study w...
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Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) is a hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus antigens in patients with asthma or cystic fibrosis (CF). The inhalation of spores from the environment is followed by growth of hyphae in the mucus of the bronchial tree and stimulates an immune response involving Th2 CD4+ T cells and IgE and IgG antibodies. Although diagnostic procedure for ABPA is a ...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Thorax
دوره 23 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1968