Aspergillosis is a fungal infection. The fungus invades and
destroys tissue. This type of infection usually occurs in
immunocompromised individuals. Here, a chest x-ray shows that the
fungus has invaded the lung tissue. The lungs are usually seen as
black areas on an x-ray. The cloudiness on the left side of this
x-ray is caused by the fungus.
Review Date: 09/15/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in
Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division
of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts
General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
