A case of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis following active pulmonary tuberculosis.
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis usually occurs in children with underlying airway disease such as asthma and cystic fibrosis. While the colonization and infection of pre-existing tuberculosis lesions by aspergillus species is well known, occurrence of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis following pulmonary tuberculosis in children has not been reported yet. Here, an 11-year-old girl who developed allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis following active pulmonary tuberculosis is reported and the mechanisms of causality are also speculated.
Boz
Aysen Bingol
AB
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey. aguz@akdeniz.edu.tr
Celmeli
Fatih
F
Arslan
Ahmet Gokhan
AG
Cilli
Aykut
A
Ogus
Candan
C
Ozdemir
Tulay
T
D001229:Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*