Aspergillus pseudomembranous tracheobronchitis in an immunocompetent individual: A diagnostic conundrum with therapeutic challenge.
Aspergillus tracheobronchitis is an extremely uncommon manifestation of Aspergillus infection. Most of the cases described in the literature are in the immunosuppressed individuals and is almost uniformly fatal. Immunocompetent individuals do manifest the disease, but the disease if diagnosed early can be appropriately treated and thus can be life-saving. Here, we describe a similar case which was diagnosed only at autopsy.
Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Balan Louis
BL
Gaspar
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Ritesh
R
Agarwal
Department of Histopathology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Kirti
K
Gupta
Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
M R
MR
Shivaprakash
Aspergillus fumigates; immunocompetent; pseudomembranous tracheobronchitis