Date: 26 November 2013
22/09/08 This chest radiograph shows bilateral hazy diffuse airspace disease predominating in the lower lungs with subtle nodularity in upper zones.
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A 33 year old known Chronic Granulomatous Disorder (CGD) male presented to A&E in respiratory distress and admitted with severe bibasal pneumonia. He had been laying mulch in his garden. He had not been taking any prophylactic antifungal agents. Oxygen therapy was commenced in conjunction with IV bacterial and fungal treatment with Amphotericin B (Fungizone ®). Further consultation and an adverse reaction to the administration of Fungizone ® led to a switch to IV Voriconazole 300mg BD. The patient tested positive for aspergillus antibodies in serum. The patient declined a bronchoscopy, responded well to IV voriconazole and was discharged home 2 weeks post admission on maintenance voriconazole.
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Falcons: The following images were obtained by endoscopy of falcons with aspergillosis.A,B Showing loop of intestine (I) and normal ovary(O) of a mature falcon.C,D Yellow and green aspergillus colonies A1 and A2 on the airsac wall. Note the increased vascularity of the airsacs.
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Falcons: The following images were obtained by endoscopy of falcons with aspergillosis.A,B An aspergilloma (A1) lying between the ovary and the cranial pole of the left kidney.B,D Aspergillus lesions (A) over a swollen liver.
