Microbiological and immunological characteristics of a lethal pulmonary infection in a non-neutropenic patient.

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is increasingly described in non-neutropenic patients, such as patients with COPD receiving corticosteroids and the critically ill. Here, we present a case of a lethal pulmonary infection in a COPD patient. Immunological tests showed an impaired innate and adaptive immune response to .