Treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis.

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...

Primary Gastrointestinal Aspergillosis Presenting As Multiple Ulcerated Colonic Masses: A Case Report

  Gastrointestinal aspergillosis most often occurs in the setting of disseminated infection from a primary pulmonary site and primary gastrointestinal aspergillosis is an unusual presentation. We report a 7 year old female child with aplastic anemia, who was under treatment but experienced periods of neutropenia. She had no evidence of respiratory aspergillosis before the onset of abdominal s...

Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Ostrich

T Helper 2 Cytokine Analysis of Bronchoalveolar Lavage in the Murine Model of Allergic Broncho Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Background and Aims: Aspergillus fumigatus is a sporadic fungus that causes different infections and allergies in immunocompromised patients. The allergic disease caused by this fungus is called allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA). ABPA is considred important in atopic and immunocompromised individuals, which can result in inflammation and epithelial damage. Therefore, the aim of thi...

Pulmonary Hydatid Cyst Co-infected with Invasive Aspergillosis

Here we report a case of co-infection of hydatid cyst with invasive apergillosis, in a previously healthy, non immunocompromised, 26year old man. Chest x-ray revealed a large cystic cavity in left upper lobe of lung histopathologic examination of the specimen confirmed the diagnosis of hydatid cyst with numerous fungal hyphea which invaded the laminated wall of the cyst. Although, co-infection ...

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: an update on diagnosis and treatment.

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) affects individuals with non-systemic or mildly systemic immunodepression or altered pulmonary integrity due to underlying disease. It has been reported with a variety of clinical and radiological patterns. The condition should be distinguished from simple aspergilloma and allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis as well as invasive aspergillosis in severely...