Pulmonary Aspergillosis in a Child with Leukemia

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PULMONARY aspergillosis is a fungous infection usually caused by Aspergillus fumigatus although other species of aspergilli occasionally are encountered. This fungus was described and named by Micheli1 in 1729. Bennett2 was probably the first to report its presence in human beings, and later investigators discovered that aspergilli, under certain conditions, may invade many different parts of the body. The most commonly affected organ is the lung, but other sites, such as the brain, meninges, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, aorta and smaller vessels, thyroid gland, duodenum, bones, lymph nodes and the skin can also be involved, particularly in disseminated forms of . . .

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