Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: the state of art and the clinical case.

Abstract

Aspergillus species continue to be an important cause of life-threatening infection in immunocompromised patients. The article presents a clinical case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia.

Keywords

• pulmonary aspergillosis
• Aspergillus fumigatus
• computed tomography
• galactomannan test