Severe Allergic Bronchopulmonary Mycosis and Long-Term Follow-Up.
Hossein EsmaeilzadehSara KashefHamid Reza HatamiSoheila AlyasinHesamodin NabavizadehElmira EsmaeilzadehPublished in: Case reports in immunology (2018)
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is the most common immunologic reaction following fungal allergen exposure in asthmatic patients. A less frequent syndrome in response to other fungal species like candida is allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis (ABPM). This reaction is mostly associated with asthma exacerbation, changes in Immunoglobulin E levels, and nonspecific findings in high resolution computed tomography (HRCT). This study presents a 9-year-old girl, a known case of childhood asthma, resolved 4 years ago as a novel case of ABPM due to Candida albicans manifested by severe emphysema, bronchiectasis, and pneumothorax which consequently required long-term treatment to get relieved.
Keyphrases
- allergic rhinitis
- candida albicans
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- lung function
- computed tomography
- end stage renal disease
- high resolution
- biofilm formation
- cystic fibrosis
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- early onset
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- positron emission tomography
- mass spectrometry
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- escherichia coli
- intensive care unit
- case report
- genetic diversity
- patient reported
- image quality
- tandem mass spectrometry