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QJM
December 2024
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China, NO.24, Fukang Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 300192, China.
World Allergy Organ J
December 2024
Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Background: Susceptibility to relapse is an important feature of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA); early identification of patients at high risk of relapse is urgently needed. A practical score that classifies the severity of ABPA according to its prognosis is not available.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients with a diagnosis of ABPA at our hospital between January 2010 and December 2022.
Cureus
September 2024
Department of Pulmonology, Sumitomo Hospital, Osaka, JPN.
A female patient in her thirties presented with persistent cough and sputum, unresponsive to conventional treatments. Chest imaging showed infiltrative opacities and high attenuation mucus. On laboratory examination, eosinophil counts and immunoglobulin E were elevated.
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August 2024
Division of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan.
A 61-year-old woman, hospitalized for a persistent cough and dyspnea, had no history of bronchial asthma, but was undergoing chemotherapy for methotrexate-related lymphoproliferative disorder due to rheumatoid arthritis. Her peripheral blood eosinophil count was significantly increased, and chest CT revealed left lower lobe atelectasis and high-attenuation mucus. Bronchoscopy revealed mucous plugs and pathological examination revealed numerous eosinophils and filamentous fungi.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis the third most common causative fungus of allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis(ABPM). Two-thirds of ABPM caused by can be positive for -specific IgE, which can be difficult to diagnose. Our patient presented to our hospital with wet cough for 3 months and chest pain for 3 days.
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