Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis

Also written as ABPA.

Fungal spores are significant allergens — can cause allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), farmer's lung, bronchial asthma

What our notes say

• Fungal spores are significant allergens — can cause allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), farmer's lung, bronchial asthma (MEDICAL MYCOLOGY — LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS)
• | Allergic | Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) (central bronchiectasis in asthma) | (Bronchiectasis)
• | Prednisolone | Systemic corticosteroid | Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis | High glucose, infection risk | (Bronchiectasis)
• Patients with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis have eosinophilia — NOT rarely * (Medical Mycology Fundamentals: Fungi, Antifungal Drugs & More)
• | Allergic BronchoPulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA) | Asthmatic/atopic patients | Type I & III hypersensitivity; eosinophilia, elevated IgE | (Mycoses: Superficial, Cutaneous & Systemic Fungal Infections)
• Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: Occurs in patients with asthma, involving a type I hypersensitivity reaction to the fungus colonizing the bronchi. (Lung Pathology — Must-Know)

Study material on Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis

• Bronchiectasis
• Mycoses: Superficial, Cutaneous & Systemic Fungal Infections

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