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Successful treatment of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent host
Author(s) -
POLAT Gülru,
ÜRPEK Gülcan,
YILMAZ Ufuk,
BÜYÜKŞIRIN Melih,
KARADAĞ POLAT Serpil,
ULUER Servet,
TİBET Gültekin
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2005.00690.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aspergillosis , aspergillus , pulmonary aspergillosis , amphotericin b , aspergillus fumigatus , immunocompetence , immunity , pulmonary infection , immunology , immune system , antifungal , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology , biology
Immunocompromised individuals are susceptible to pulmonary Aspergillus infection, but invasive Aspergillus infection is extremely rare in the presence of normal immunity. A case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent 57‐year‐old female who was successfully treated with liposomal amphotericin‐B is reported here.