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- severe respiratory disease of birds that takes the form of an acute rapidly fatal pneumonia in young chickens and turkeys
- an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs
- disease especially in agricultural workers caused by inhalation of Aspergillus spores causing lumps in skin and ears and respiratory organs
How To Use aspergillosis In A Sentence
- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is most often a complication of asthma or cystic fibrosis.
- Fungal infections such as candidiasis and aspergillosis are more commonly found in BMT recipients than PBSCT recipients because BMT patients have longer periods of neutropenia.
- Two patients died later from disseminated aspergillosis on Day 10 and from splenic rupture on Day 57, respectively.
- Bronchial casts have been described in various disorders, including asthma, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, cystic fibrosis, and bronchiectasis.
- The malabsorption syndrome; secondary to chronic diarrhea, was explained as a result of aspergillosis of the stomach.
- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis occurs in cases of atopic asthma and may result in important lung disease.
- In due course, the research will help to develop drugs to treat aspergillosis and prevent the fungus from growing and spreading.
- Rarer conditions include aspergillosis (a serious lung infection) and cryptococcal meningitis (infection causing swelling in the brain, which can be life threatening).
- A fact sheet issued by the National Wildlife Health Center (see link below) lists four diseases commonly associated with feeders (salmonellosis, trichomoniasis, aspergillosis, and avian pox) and I would add a fifth (mycoplasmal conjunctivitis). BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching
- There is not sufficient evidence to generally recommend treatment of an Aspergillus-postive sputum culture in the absence of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
