Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ABPA
- related: Infectious Disease, Pulmonology, aspergillosis
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Symptoms
- wax and waning chest infiltrates
- responds to steroids
- cough with brown mucous plugs
- peripheral eosinophilia (eosinophilia and lung disorders)
Diagnosis
Treatment
- treatment usually includes 0.75 mg/kg of prednisone, tapered every 6 weeks, and treated for 6-12 months.
- Antifungals can be considered
Image findings
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- Infectious Disease
- Pulmonology
- aspergillosis
- diagnosis of ABPA includes eosinophil count, antibody level, and CT image findings
- eosinophilia and lung disorders
- Patients with CF, asthma, and severe COPD should be considered for APBA (Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ABPA), especially if they have characteristic chest imaging (ABPA image findings include central, asymmetric bronchiectasis, bronchial wall thickening, and mucoid impaction.
- ABPA image findings include central, asymmetric bronchiectasis, bronchial wall thickening, and mucoid impaction
- most common cause of bronchiectasis is postinfectious