Pulmonary aspergillosis - allergic bronchopulmonary type

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Aspergillosis - chest X-ray

Fungus

Pulmonary aspergillosis

Aspergillosis - allergic bronchopulmonary; Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis; ABPA

• Cough may produce brownish plugs or bloody sputum
• Fever
• Generalized weakness
• Wheezing
• Worsening symptoms of asthma

• Aspergillus antigen skin test
• Bronchoscopy and transbronchial biopsy
• CBC with peripheral eosinophil (a type of white blood cell) count
• Chest x-ray
• CT scan - chest
• Lung biopsy (rare)
• Serum aspergillus antibodies
• Serum IgG and IgE antibodies
• Sputum stain and culture for fungus

Review Date: 05/19/2008
Reviewed By: Sean O. Stitham, MD, private practice in Internal Medicine, Seattle, WA; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital.. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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