[Lethal case of chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis (CNPA)].
Though not overtly immunosuppressed, an elderly female patient suffered from chronic pleurisy due to Aspergillus fumigatus. In spite of nearly six months of itraconzole-therapy, she eventually succumbed to CNPA. Pleurisy may be a typical manifestation of this rare mycosis which is often ill fated.
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Vormals Inst. für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen, Deutschland. rrueche@gwdg.de
D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055744:Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole