Aspergillosis

A rare infectious disease caused by inhalation of the opportunistic fungus <i>aspergillus</i> that can lead to the following manifestations: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), aspergilloma, chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis (CNPA), and invasive aspergillosis (IA). Aspergilloma occurs in patients with cavitary lung disease and results in a fungal mass with variable clinical presentations from asymptomatic to life-threatening (massive hemoptysis). CNPA manifests as subacute pneumonia in patients with underlying disease. IA is disseminated aspergillosis that eventually invades other organs. Cutaneous aspergillosis is usually the dermatological manifestation of IA that manifests as erythematous-to-violaceous plaques or papules, often characterized by a central necrotic ulcer or eschar.

Chronic hepatitis

Hepatitis that lasts for more than six months.

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PMID (PMCID)
22484974	MALE	Middle Aged
	[Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and esophageal candidiasis in a patient with decompensated liver cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C and alcohol].
	Porubin , Porubinova I, Kristian P, Virag L, tammova E, Vyhnankova V, Paraliova Z. Klin Mikrobiol Infekc Lek. 2012;18(1):17-21.
	[Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and esophageal candidiasis in a patient with decompensated liver cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C and alcohol].
16444978	MALE
	[Autopsy case of pulmonary aspergillosis soon after convalescence from pulmonary tuberculosis].
	Maniwa K, Tanaka E, Inoue T, Sakuramoto M, Minakuchi M, Maeda Y, Tanizawa K, Takeda T, Okamoto M, Komatsu M, Taguchi Y. Kansenshogaku Zasshi. 2005;79(12):957-63.
	Pulmonary aspergillosis without hematological malignanciy and immunosuppression can thus be abruptly severe and fatal due to malnourishment stemming from pre-existing conditions such as chronic hepatitis despite prompt, ordinarily adequate medical treatment.