Open AccessInvasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in an immunocompetent patient.
Author(s) -
ZA Ali,
AA Ali,
ME Tempest,
M.J. Wiselka
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.922
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , pulmonary disease , aspergillus , aspergillosis , aspergillus fumigatus , pulmonary infection , disease , pulmonary aspergillosis , immunity , immunology , pathology , immune system , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Immunocompromised individuals are susceptible to pulmonary aspergillus infection, but invasive aspergillus infection is extremely rare in the presence of normal immunity. We report a case of invasive aspergillosis in an immunocompetent 63-year-old male with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Patients with COPD may be at risk for developing pulmonary aspergillus infection, which should be considered as a diagnostic possibility in patients with unresolving pulmonary infection.
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