The term" allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis"(ABPA) has not been well defined since
its first use in 1952.[1] ABPA is a condition caused by Aspergillus colonization occurring in a …

Andrea Apter, MD, and Paul A. Greenberger, MD! lIergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
(ABPA) is 1-\.. an inflammatory disease thought to represent an immunologic response to …

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a complication of allergic (atopic)
asthma. ABPA extends the pathology from the bronchi into the pulmonary parenchyma …

Aspergillus, a name derived from the Latin word asperge (to scatter), is a particularly apt one
for the fungus that is ubiquitously distributed from the arctics to the tropics. In the early …

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is characterized by asthma, recurrent lung
infiltration, recurrent episodes of purulent cough with fever and sputum plugs, and evidence …

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in patients with asthma or cystic
fibrosis, and results in pulmonary infiltrates, tenacious mucus plugs that harbor hyphae of …

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is being recognized with increasing frequency in
the United States. The inciting allergen is Aspergillus, a ubiquitous fungus found in soil and …

Aspergillus, a species of the class" fungi imperfecti," ubiquitous in nature, may in some
asthmatic patients cause a disease designated as allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis …

The Aspergillus species has been associated with a wide variety of human diseases,
ranging from invasive aspergillosis in the immunocompromised host, aspergilloma in …

The first three cases of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) were diagnosed in
England in 1952. 1 These patients were described as having recurrent episodes of" wheezy" …