Aspergillosis

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Aspergillosis

Symptoms of allergic aspergillosis:

• Fever
• Malaise
• Cough
• Coughing up blood or brownish mucous plugs
• Wheezing
• Weight loss
• Recurrent episodes of lung obstruction

• Fever
• Chills
• Headaches
• Cough
• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain
• Increased sputum production, which may be bloody
• Bone pain
• Blood in the urine
• Decreased urine output
• Weight loss
• Symptoms involving specific organs
  • Brain: meningitis
  • Eye: blindness or visual impairment
  • Sinuses: sinusitis
  • Heart: endocarditis

• Abnormal chest X-ray or CT scan
• Sputum stain and culture showing Aspergillus
• Tissue biopsy (see bronchoscopy with transtracheal biopsy) for aspergillosis
• Aspergillus antigen skin test
• Aspergillosis precipitin antibody
• Elevated serum total IgE (immunoglobulin)
• Peripheral eosinophilia with allergic disease

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