An Unusual Case of Pulmonary Invasive Aspergillosis and Aspergilloma Cured with Voriconazole in a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis
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- 1 November 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 35 (9), e106-e110
- https://doi.org/10.1086/343743
Abstract
The development of pulmonary aspergilloma and invasive aspergillosis is a rare complication of cystic fibrosis. We describe a 29-year-old patient with cystic fibrosis who had invasive pulmonary aspergillosis that was not cured by amphotericin B, liposomal amphotericin B, or itraconazole. This patient was subsequently successfully treated and cured with the novel antifungal agent voriconazole.Keywords
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