Aspergilosis pulmonar
La aspergilosis es una infección pulmonar aguda causada por el hongo del género Aspergillus. Este tipo de hongo puede causar enfermedades de tres maneras: reacción alérgica en los asmáticos; colonización en el tejido cicatrizal e infección invasiva con neumonía que puede afectar el corazón, los pulmones, el cerebro y los riñones.
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Last reviewed 8/15/2012 by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.
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