Chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent child
Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a progressive and destructive disease of the lung parenchyma. We report a 9-year-old boy diagnosed with CPA with a positive Aspergillus IgG and chest imaging of cavitary lung lesions. He was treated with oral Itraconazole with significant improvement. This sh...
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| author | Adeyinka A. Davies Ireti A. Adegbite Patricia E. Akintan Usman O. Ibrahim Abiola O. Adekoya Rita O. Oladele |
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| description | Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a progressive and destructive disease of the lung parenchyma. We report a 9-year-old boy diagnosed with CPA with a positive Aspergillus IgG and chest imaging of cavitary lung lesions. He was treated with oral Itraconazole with significant improvement. This shows that an index of suspicion should be heightened in the paediatric population with cavitary lung lesions because not all cavitary lung lesions are caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e43be8e3cdc34e7cbca7df5ec33a7ec82022-12-22T04:02:50ZengElsevierMedical Mycology Case Reports2211-75392022-09-01373336Chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent childAdeyinka A. Davies0Ireti A. Adegbite1Patricia E. Akintan2Usman O. Ibrahim3Abiola O. Adekoya4Rita O. Oladele5Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria; Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria; Corresponding author. Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, Nigeria.Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, NigeriaDepartment of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria; Department of Paediatrics, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, NigeriaDepartment of Paediatrics, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, NigeriaDepartment of Radiology, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, NigeriaDepartment of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria; Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, NigeriaChronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a progressive and destructive disease of the lung parenchyma. We report a 9-year-old boy diagnosed with CPA with a positive Aspergillus IgG and chest imaging of cavitary lung lesions. He was treated with oral Itraconazole with significant improvement. This shows that an index of suspicion should be heightened in the paediatric population with cavitary lung lesions because not all cavitary lung lesions are caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753922000276Aspergillus IgGCavitary lung lesionsChronic pulmonary aspergillosisMycobacterium tuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Adeyinka A. Davies Ireti A. Adegbite Patricia E. Akintan Usman O. Ibrahim Abiola O. Adekoya Rita O. Oladele Chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent child Medical Mycology Case Reports Aspergillus IgG Cavitary lung lesions Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| title | Chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent child |
| title_full | Chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent child |
| title_fullStr | Chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent child |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent child |
| title_short | Chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent child |
| title_sort | chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent child |
| topic | Aspergillus IgG Cavitary lung lesions Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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