aspergillosis
(as″pĕr-jil-ō′sĭs)
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[Aspergillus + -osis]
Infection caused by the Aspergillus fungus or one of its mold species, of which A. fumigatus is the most common. Colonizing aspergillosis involves growth of the fungus within the body, without tissue invasion. Invasive aspergillosis is an opportunistic infection that affects people with immunodeficiencies; the primary infection is usually pneumonia, but the brain, kidney, and heart valves may also be affected. The disease is diagnosed by fungal cultures (as from sputum or from samples obtain during bronchoscopy), by polymerase chain reaction blood tests, or by serum levels of aspergillosis antigen (galactomannan). It is treated with voriconazole, amphotericin B, or isavuconazole.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Aspergillosis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770033/1/aspergillosis.
Aspergillosis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770033/1/aspergillosis. Accessed October 9, 2024.
Aspergillosis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770033/1/aspergillosis
Aspergillosis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 October 09]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/770033/1/aspergillosis.
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