Aspergillosis - acute invasive

Alternative names
Pulmonary aspergillosis - invasive type; Acute invasive aspergillosis

Definition
The invasive type of pulmonary aspergillosis is an acute fungal infection of the lungs that produces illness almost exclusively in immunosuppressed or immunodeficient people.

See Pulmonary aspergillosis - invasive type.

Johns Hopkins patient information

Last revised: December 7, 2012
by Sharon M. Smith, M.D.

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