Clinical Spectrum of Pulmonary Aspergillosis

摘要

Aspergillus produces diverse pulmonary manifestations, its clinical spectrum extending from harmless saprbphytic colonization to universally lethal disseminated infection. Management of the conditions produced byAspergillusis also diverse and may consist of either observation or treatment with corticosteroid agents or amphotericin B. The factors that influence the expression ofAspergillusinto a specific clinical entity are not well understood, but are believed to be related to immune status, both pulmonary and systemic, and the genetic composition of the host.