Prevalence of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis and the antifungal drug resistance of Aspergillus spp. in pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Uzbekistan .
Abdurakhim ToychievVera BelotserkovetsNikolay Ignat'evShavkat MadrakhimovMukambar ShaislamovaSvetlana OsipovaPublished in: Tropical doctor (2022)
The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in pulmonary tuberculosis patients and the antifungal resistance of Aspergillus spp. isolates in Uzbekistan. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis was detected in 11.4% and 20.0% of smear-positive and smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients, respectively.