[Bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: study of 17 cases]

Tunis Med. 2002 Feb;80(2):82-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Aspergillosis is a fungic infection depending on the local or general physiologic and immunologic state of the host. We report the result of retrospective five year study (1995-1999) about 17 cases in the laboratory of Parasitology-Mycology of Rabta hospital in Tunis. Six aspergillomas were observed, they occurred after a pulmonary tuberculosis, two cases of allergic broncho-pulmonary aspergillosis described in two asthmatic patients, nine cases of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicating two cancers, one leukaemia, six chronic granulomatous disease. Aspergillus fumigatus is the most frequent species (67%). The clinical and biological characteristic of those will be studied, and compared with those of the literature.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / etiology
  • Aspergillosis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary / pathology*
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / isolation & purification
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / pathogenicity
  • Asthma / complications
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypersensitivity / complications
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / complications
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors