A prospective longitudinal study of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in pulmonary tuberculosis in Indonesia (APICAL).

Findra SetianingrumAnna RozaliyaniRobiatul AdawiyahRidhawati SyamMulyati TugiranCut Yulia Indah SariFinny NandipintoJohannes RamnathArief Riadi ArifinDiah HandayaniErlina BurhanMartin RumendeRetno WahyuningsihRiina Rautemaa-RichardsonDavid William Denning

Published in: Thorax (2021)

CPA should be considered a relatively frequent differential diagnosis in patients with possible or proven TB in Indonesia. Lack of awareness and limited access to Aspergillus-specific IgG tests and CT imaging are obstacles in establishing a CPA diagnosis.

Keyphrases

pulmonary tuberculosis
mycobacterium tuberculosis
high resolution
pulmonary hypertension
computed tomography
image quality
dual energy
magnetic resonance imaging
positron emission tomography
cell wall
mass spectrometry
drug induced