Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis associated with smoking moldy marihuana.

نویسندگان

  • R Llamas
  • D R Hart
  • N S Schneider
چکیده

A 27-year-old man who habitually smoked marihuana developed clinical, laboratory, and radiologic findings consistent with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Culture of the marihuana obtained from the patient's source yielded heavy mixed growths of Aspergillus. Treatment with corticosteroids was effective.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Chest

دوره 73 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1978