Chronic necrotising pulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus niger in a mildly immunocompromised host

M Yamaguchi; H Nishiya; K Mano; O Kunii; H Miyashita

doi:10.1136/thx.47.7.570

Chronic necrotising pulmonary aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus niger in a mildly immunocompromised host

Thorax. 1992 Jul;47(7):570-1. doi: 10.1136/thx.47.7.570.

Authors

M Yamaguchi¹, H Nishiya, K Mano, O Kunii, H Miyashita

Affiliation

¹ Second Department of Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

A middle aged man with diabetes mellitus and chronic alcoholic hepatitis developed chronic necrotising pulmonary aspergillosis or semi-invasive aspergillosis due to Aspergillus niger.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aspergillosis / microbiology*
Aspergillosis / pathology
Aspergillus niger* / isolation & purification
Chronic Disease
Humans
Immunocompromised Host / immunology*
Lung / pathology
Lung Diseases, Fungal / microbiology*
Lung Diseases, Fungal / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Necrosis