TY - BOOK ID - 8581167 TI - Aspergillosis : from diagnosis to prevention PY - 2010 SN - 9048124077 9786612830563 9048124085 1282830562 PB - Dordrecht ; London : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Aspergillosis. KW - Aspergillus -- pathogenicity. KW - Medicine. KW - Aspergillosis KW - Mycoses KW - Mitosporic Fungi KW - Lung Diseases, Fungal KW - Pulmonary Aspergillosis KW - Aspergillus KW - Lung Diseases KW - Fungi KW - Bacterial Infections and Mycoses KW - Diseases KW - Eukaryota KW - Respiratory Tract Diseases KW - Organisms KW - Medicine KW - Infectious Diseases KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Internal medicine. KW - Medicine, Internal KW - Aspergillus diseases KW - Aspergillus infections KW - Parasitology. KW - Hematology. KW - Infectious diseases. KW - Respiratory organs KW - Biomedicine. KW - Infectious Diseases. KW - Biomedicine general. KW - Internal Medicine. KW - Pneumology/Respiratory System. KW - Diseases. KW - Medical parasitology. KW - Emerging infectious diseases. KW - Pneumology. KW - Haematology KW - Internal medicine KW - Blood KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Emerging infections KW - New infectious diseases KW - Re-emerging infectious diseases KW - Reemerging infectious diseases KW - Communicable diseases KW - Human beings KW - Human parasitology KW - Parasitology KW - Parasitic diseases KW - Parasites KW - Health Workforce KW - Respiratory organs—Diseases. KW - Biomedicine, general. KW - Biology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8581167 AB - Aspergillosis is an infection or allergic response caused by the fungus Aspergillus. Aspergillus conidia are widely dispersed in the environment and can easily reach human lungs and/or paranasal sinuses: most people inhale Aspergillosis spores every day! The label Aspergillosis is used for several diverse clinical conditions. For instance, invasive Aspergillosis typically affects severely immunocompromised patients such as those with prolonged neutropenia or receiving therapy with steroids. On the other hand, allergic forms of Aspergillosis cause exuberant clinical syndromes that mostly affect patients with asthma and cystic fibrosis. Slowly destructive lung diseases may also occur in the apparently immunocompentent host, especially in the context of previous damage to the lung architecture. These are difficult-to-diagnose infections, and diagnostic tests perform differently depending on the specific scenario. This book summarizes the current knowledge about Aspergillosis, covering: Epidemiology Pathogenesis Clinical manifestations Diagnosis Treatment Prevention Written by internationally respected authors, the information presented in this book adds for a better understanding of Aspergillosis by providing a comprehensive and clear overview of all aspects associated with this complex disease. ER -