Infectious disease rounds: pneumonia due to Aspergillus.
Angioinvasive fungi, like Aspergillus, can cause invasive infections in patients immunosuppressed by steroid therapy. Pulmonary infarction, manifested as pleuritic chest pain, frequently results from in situ thrombosis and is characteristic of Aspergillus pneumonia.
Department of Medicine, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ.
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Ahrens
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MJ
DiNubile
D001228:Aspergillosis; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000188:drug therapy; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000209:etiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology*