Aspergillus and the Lung

I Janssens, BN Lambrecht… - Seminars in Respiratory …, 2024 - thieme-connect.com
The filamentous fungus Aspergillus causes a wide spectrum of diseases in the human lung,
with Aspergillus fumigatus being the most pathogenic and allergenic subspecies. The broad …

Many faces of pulmonary aspergillosis

OP Sharma, R Chwogule - European Respiratory Journal, 1998 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Aspergillus is a ubiquitous fungus. It is commonly isolated as an upper respiratory tract
saprophyte and is the most frequent contaminant in laboratory specimens. Because species …

Pulmonary aspergillosis: a clinical review

M Kousha, R Tadi, AO Soubani - European Respiratory Review, 2011 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Aspergillus is a mould which may lead to a variety of infectious, allergic diseases depending
on the host9s immune status or pulmonary structure. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis …

The biology of pulmonary Aspergillus infections

A Warris - Journal of Infection, 2014 - Elsevier
Pulmonary aspergillus infections are mainly caused by Aspergillus fumigatus and can be
classified based on clinical syndromes into saphrophytic infections, allergic disease and …

Pulmonary aspergillosis

JFC Tomee, TS Van Der Werf - The Netherlands Journal of Medicine, 2001 - Elsevier
Aspergillus species are ubiquitous in the environment and are inevitably inhaled into the
airways. Inhalation of Aspergillus conidia or mycelium fragments may result in colonisation …

Aspergillus‐related lung disease

A Al-Alawi, CF Ryan, JD Flint… - Canadian respiratory …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Aspergillus is a ubiquitous dimorphic fungus that causes a variety of human diseases
ranging in severity from trivial to life‐threatening, depending on the host response. An intact …

[HTML][HTML] Aspergillus-related lung disease

A Amchentsev, N Kurugundla, AG Saleh - Respiratory Medicine CME, 2008 - Elsevier
Aspergilli are ubiquitous fungi with branched septate hyphae. Aspergillus produces a wide
variety of diseases determined by the inoculating dosage, the ability of the host to resist …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary aspergillosis: an evolving challenge for diagnosis and treatment

A Russo, G Tiseo, M Falcone, F Menichetti - Infectious diseases and …, 2020 - Springer
Aspergillus is a mold that may lead to different clinical pictures, from allergic to invasive
disease, depending on the patient's immune status and structural lung diseases. Chronic …

Pulmonary aspergillosis: spectrum of disease

B Moldoveanu, AM Gearhart, BA Jalil, M Saad… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aspergillus species are ubiquitous in the environment. Aspergillosis is acquired by
inhalation of Aspergillus spores. In normal hosts, spore inhalation rarely causes lung …

The clinical spectrum of pulmonary aspergillosis

C Kosmidis, DW Denning - Thorax, 2015 - thorax.bmj.com
The clinical presentation of Aspergillus lung disease is determined by the interaction
between fungus and host. Invasive aspergillosis develops in severely immunocompromised …