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Aspergillosis: From Diagnosis to Prevention

Aspergillosis: From Diagnosis to Prevention

Comarú Pasqualotto, Alessandro

Hardcover

Medical ReferenceBiology

ISBN10: 9048124077
ISBN13: 9789048124077
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Nov 19 2009
Pages: 1027
Weight: 4.20
Height: 1.90 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

Aspergillosis is an infection or allergic response caused by the fungus Aspergillus. Aspergillus conidia are widely dispersed in the environment and can easily reach human lungs and/or paranasal sinuses: most people inhale Aspergillosis spores every day!

The label Aspergillosis is used for several diverse clinical conditions. For instance, invasive Aspergillosis typically affects severely immunocompromised patients such as those with prolonged neutropenia or receiving therapy with steroids. On the other hand, allergic forms of Aspergillosis cause exuberant clinical syndromes that mostly affect patients with asthma and cystic fibrosis. Slowly destructive lung diseases may also occur in the apparently immunocompentent host, especially in the context of previous damage to the lung architecture. These are difficult-to-diagnose infections, and diagnostic tests perform differently depending on the specific scenario.

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