Aspergillus Tracheobronchitis With Airway Obstruction: A Case Series With Positive Patient Outcomes

We present 3 cases of ATB with obstruction of airways in immunocompromised patients with a history of malignancy and describe their clinical course. Two of the cases we present had a mixed pattern with pseudomembranous/obstructive type and one had ulcerative type of ATB. All showed nonspecific radiographic evidence of pathology and were ultimately diagnosed by a bronchoscopy. After bronchoscopy, voriconazole was prescribed to all the patients and 1 patient showed paradoxical worsening of a nodule with new cavitation.
Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Original Article Source Type: research