PART 8: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 16 Fungal Infections
204 Aspergillosis
![]() | Figure 204-1 Invasive aspergillosis: conditions placing patients at elevated risk of acquisition and relatively rapid progression. CMV, cytomegalovirus; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GVHD, graft-versus-host disease; ICU, intensive care unit. |
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![]() | Figure 204-2 CT scan image of the chest in a patient with longstanding bilateral chronic cavitary pulmonary aspergillosis. He had a prior history of several bilateral pneumothoraces and required bilateral pleurodesis (1990). CT scan then demonstrated multiple bullae, and sputum cultures grew A.... |
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