Disease
Symptoms
Fungi
Allergic Aspergillus Allergic Alveolitis
Hypersensitivity pneumonia in people exposed to large numbers of Aspergillus
Malaise, chills, fever, cough, SOB, and myalgias 4-8 hours after antigen exposure
Self-limited
Aspergillus
Allergic Aspergillus Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
Persons w/ preexisting asthma become colonized in airways
Eosinophilia
Fleeting pulm infiltrates b/c of bronchial plugging
Immediate type skin test response to Aspergillus a-g
Incr IgE and IgG
Can progress to irreversible obstuctive lung disease
Aspergillus
Aspergilloma (fungus ball)
Pts w/ prior lung disease resulting in residual cavities
May be no resp symptoms
May developed hemoptysis
Films show round or oval cavitary mass that may be mobile on a stalk, may have a cresent of air around it
Aspergillus
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
IC pts w/ prolonged, profound granulocytopenia
Inhalation
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