Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis Progression to Chronic Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Abstract

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is a fungal infection of the lung causing a type 1 hypersensitivity reaction to Aspergillus fumigatus colonization. Patients with preexisting lung pathology are extremely susceptible to this organism and show clinical signs of bronchospasm, pulmonary infiltrates, and eosinophilia. In the following case report, we present an asthmatic patient diagnosed with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, who, despite treatment, progressed to chronic pulmonary aspergillosis with progressive lung damage requiring surgery.