| In an immune-compromised patient, invasive aspergillosis is a devastating disease that can present in this fashion and often eludes diagnosis. |
| For example, voriconazole has emerged as the preferred treatment for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. |
| Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis occurs in cases of atopic asthma and may result in important lung disease. |
| Symptoms of invasive aspergillosis are nonspecific and include fever, cough, pleuritic chest pain, and hemoptysis. |
| In due course, the research will help to develop drugs to treat aspergillosis and prevent the fungus from growing and spreading. |
| Of these 48 patients, 37 had invasive candidiasis, 10 had invasive aspergillosis, and one patient had esophageal candidiasis. |
