Pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent patient.
A case of an immunocompetent patient with severe Aspergillus infection and radiographic findings typically described with angioinvasive aspergillosis is presented. When Aspergillus is isolated from the sputum in a patient with normal immunity, invasive aspergillosis should be considered when there are extensive radiographic findings characteristic of invasive fungal disease.
Ko
Jane P
JP
Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA. jane.ko@med.nyu.edu
Kim
Dennis H
DH
Shepard
Jo-Anne O
JA
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B