title: An early report of growth of an Aspergillus species on the wall of a lung cavity.
abstract: A report by Bristowe in 1854 of a vegetable fungus growing in a lung cavity and identified as an Aspergillus was almost certainly one of the earliest reports of A fumigatus colonisation.
authors.affiliation: Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Doyle
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000266:history*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000266:history*; D008875:Middle Aged