Clinical features and risk factors of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in interstitial lung disease patients

Yin Liu, Hanyi Jiang, Tingting Zhao, Min Cao, Jian He, Rongfeng Qi, Yonglong Xiao, Xin Su · 2024

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Yin Liu and co-authors study a fungal lung infection in scarred lungs in a 2024 hospital paper. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is rising among patients with interstitial lung disease, and it kills many it strikes. The team reviewed admissions at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital over about a year.

Among hundreds of lung disease patients, a smaller group had proven or probable fungal infection. The paper compares their clinical traits and outcomes with patients free of infection. That contrast yields the risk factors that mark who falls ill. Early warning matters, since treatment delay worsens the odds. Clinicians who manage fragile lungs gain a sharper list of danger signs to act on.

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CREATORYin Liu, Hanyi Jiang, Tingting Zhao, Min Cao, Jian He, Rongfeng Qi, Yonglong Xiao, Xin Su
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE27 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11619705

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