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Case Report. Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis in a non‐neutropenic patient treated with liposomal amphotericin B
Author(s) -
Filippou N.,
Papachristou K.,
Ilias I.,
Pefanis A.,
Papaleftheris E.,
Iliopoulos I.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2000.00579.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aspergillosis , pulmonary aspergillosis , amphotericin b , mycosis , lung , biopsy , surgery , antifungal , dermatology , pathology , immunology
Summary Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis is a rare infection encountered mainly in immunocompromised patients. We present the case of a young woman where the diagnosis of chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis was established after an open biopsy of the right lung. Liposomal amphotericin B was administered postoperatively for 10 days with moderate success. In a concise review we summarize the basic notions of chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis.