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12772600

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-29
pubmed:abstractText
A 72-year-old man with idiopathic pulmonary upper lobe fibrosis who had been followed for a year developed a high fever and yellow sputum in July 2001. Chest radiography and chest computed tomography (CT) showed a rapidly enlarging cavity with an internal mass and infiltration in the left upper lung field. Pulmonary aspergillosis was diagnosed by examination of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). Administration of itraconazole improved his condition. The concentrations of surfactant proteins A (SP-A) and D (SP-D) in serum and in BALF were decreased during the clinical course. It is known that SP-A and SP-D are critical factors for host defense against aspergillus. The lowering of SP-A and SP-D in the serum and BALF seemed to reflect destructive changes of lung structure and impaired innate lung immunity that could to lead invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1343-3490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
196-201
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of idiopathic pulmonary upper lobe fibrosis complicated by invasive pulmonary aspergillosis].
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Medicine, Hokkaido University, School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports