Acute pulmonary aspergillosis in immunocompetent subjects after exposure to bark chippings.
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We describe 2 cases of immunocompetent males with acute community-acquired invasive pulmonary aspergillosis developing shortly after spreading bark chippings. One patient with a fatal outcome was initially diagnosed as allergic alveolitis rather than infection and received steroid treatment illustrating the obvious challenges in the differential diagnosis between these disease entities.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases
دوره 38 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006