A retrospective study exploring chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in post-tuberculosis lung disease patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) complicates post-tuberculosis lung disease (PTLD), causing significant morbidity and mortality. Predictors for Aspergillus seropositivity and CPA in a PTLD population remain unclear. The objective of this study was to identify the clinical, radiological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of patients presenting to an adult PTLD clinical service, who met full criteria for CPA, and to compare them to those who did not, as well as compare those with positive Aspergillus serology to those without.

Methods

This retrospective cross-sectional study, performed in a tertiary adult PTLD clinical service in South Africa, investigated the clinical, radiological, physiological and biochemical characteristics of patients who had

SUBMITTER: Huisamen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11833582 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature