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This document discusses aspergillosis, a fungal infection caused mainly by Aspergillus fumigatus. It describes the morphology of the fungus, including septate hyphae that branch at acute angles. There are three main types of aspergillosis: invasive aspergillosis, which occurs in immunocompromised patients and can disseminate systemically; allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, which affects patients with asthma; and aspergilloma, where the fungus colonizes preexisting lung cavities and can cause infection or hemoptysis.
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Aspergillosis
- 1. ASPERGILLOSIS DR ABU SURAIH SAKHRI
- 2. CAUSATIVE AGENT • MAINLY CAUSED BY ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS
- 3. STAINS USED • GMS STAIN • GRIDLEY STAIN
- 4. MORPHOLOGY • HYPHAE ARE SEPTATE • BRANCH AT ACUTE ANGLES
- 5. TYPES • INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS • ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS • ASPERGILLOMA
- 6. INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS • OCCURANCE: IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENTS • LOCALISATION: LUNGS • MANIFESTATION : NECROTIZING PNEUMONIA
- 7. NOTE • SYSTEMIC DISSEMINATION ESPECIALLY TO BRAIN , MAY BE FATAL.
- 8. ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS • OCCURANCE: PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA WHO DEVELOP AN EXACERBATION OF SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY TYPE 1 HYPERSENSITIVITY AGAINST THE FUNGUS GROWING IN BRONCHI. • SUCH PATIENTS PRESENT WITH IgE ANTIBODIES PERIPHERAL EOSINIPHILIA
- 9. ASPERGILLOMA • FUNGUS BALL/COLONIZING ASPERGILLOSIS • COLONISATION OF PREEXISTING PULMONARY CAVITIES BY FUNGUS • EXAMPLE ECTATIC BRONCHI OR LUNG CYSTS POSTTUBERCULOUS CAVITY LESIONS
- 10. • THESE MASSES ACT AS A BALL VALVE TO OCCLUDE THE CAVITY • PREDISPOSES THE PATIENT TO INFECTION HEMOPTYSIS