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Nasilele describes her experience of living with CPA after a prior diagnosis of Tuberculosis and then having a severe cough that did not respond to antibiotics. A CTscan identified a fungal ball and she was treated with antifungal medication for 18 months. Nasilele was referred to the National Aspergillosis Centre, UK where a change in antifungal drug was recommended along with surgery to remove the part of the lung that contained the fungal ball.
The surgery has cured the fungal infection with a dramatic improvement in symptoms.
Medical and Patient education videos
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Shila Seaton, Bacteriology Scheme Manager, UK NEQAS for Microbiology, Public Health England
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Dr. P. Lewis White, Principal Clinical Scientist, Public Health Wales Microbiology, Cardiff
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Prof. Dr. Clemens Decristoforo, Radiopharmacist, Univ.Klinik f.Nuklearmedizin, Innsbruck, Austria
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Dr. Martin Hoenigl, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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Dr. Jonathan Lambourne, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Barts Health NHS Trust, London
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Dr. Inês Ushiro-Lumb, Lead Clinical Microbiologist for Organ Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant, London
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Dr. Mike Bromley, Lecturer, Institute of Inflammation and Repair, University of Manchester
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Dr. Sharleen Braham, Clinical Scientist, King’s College Hospital, London
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Dr. Duncan Wilson, Research Fellow, Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen
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Prof. Patricia Muñoz, Division of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain