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Life‐threatening allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in a well child with cystic fibrosis
Author(s) -
Skowronski Emma,
Fitzgerald Dominic A
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06792.x
Subject(s) - citation , allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis , medicine , cystic fibrosis , pediatrics , family medicine , library science , computer science , immunoglobulin e , antibody , immunology
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is an uncommon condition which may complicate asthma and cystic fibrosis; it is seldom considered life-threatening. We report a well 8-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis and normal lung function who progressed to respiratory failure over several days, attributable to ABPA. He recovered with non-invasive ventilation and oral corticosteroid and antifungal medications, regaining normal lung function within 2 months. To our knowledge, such an acute severe presentation of ABPA in a previously well child has not been reported before.