Pulmonary aspergillosis: reports of two cases from a primary care center of Bangladesh

Authors

  • Chinmay Saha Podder Medical Officer, Upazila Health Complex, Debidwar, Cumilla, Bangladesh
  • Nandini Chowdhury Medical Officer, Upazila Health Complex, Debidwar, Cumilla, Bangladesh
  • Ananya Chowdhury MD Resident, Department of Microbiology, BIRDEM General Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v11i3.55225

Keywords:

aspergillosis, itraconzole

Abstract

Pulmonary aspergillosis is an uncommon condition and at the same time very much challenging to diagnose and difficult to treat. Here, we present two cases of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis, who presented with with chronic low-grade fever, refractory and distressing cough and haemoptysis. The first patient was diagnosed as having aspergilloma in a pre-existing healed tubercular cavity and the second one with subacute necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis, which simulated as bronchial carcinoma.

BIRDEM Med J 2021; 11(3): 227-230

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Published

2021-08-22

How to Cite

Podder, C. S. ., Chowdhury, N. ., & Chowdhury, A. . (2021). Pulmonary aspergillosis: reports of two cases from a primary care center of Bangladesh. BIRDEM Medical Journal, 11(3), 227–230. https://doi.org/10.3329/birdem.v11i3.55225

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 3 (2021)

Section

Case Reports