[A case of chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis treated with itraconazole].
An 84-year-old woman was admitted because of fever, hemoptysis and productive cough with infiltrative shadows in the right lung field on chest X-ray. Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis was diagnosed on the basis of her clinical and radiographic features, positive cultures and positive serological tests. Conventional chemotherapy with fluconazole and 5-FC produced only minimal improvement. A course of itraconazole was initiated and proved to be effective.
Terashima
T
T
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
Nakamura
H
H
Naoki
K
K
Suzuki
Y
Y
Kanazawa
M
M
Kawashiro
T
T
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D009336:Necrosis; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications
D017964:Itraconazole