Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis masquerading as recurrent bacterial pneumonia

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• 作者：Vu Le Thuong ; Lam Nguyen Ho ; ^{bsholam1986@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Ngoc Tran Van
• 关键词：Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ; Asthma ; Inhaled corticosteroids ; Pneumonia ; Pulmonary tuberculosis
• 刊名：Medical Mycology Case Reports
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：June 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：12
• 期：Complete
• 页码：11-13
• 全文大小：1423 K

文摘

Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) can be diagnosed in an asthmatic with suitable radiologic and immunological features. However ABPA is likely to be misdiagnosed with bacterial pneumonia. Here we report a case of ABPA masquerading as recurrent bacterial pneumonia. Treatment with high-dose inhaled corticosteroids was effective. To our best knowledge, this is the first reported case of ABPA in Vietnam.