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Atopy and Antiallergy Therapy

#Atopy #Antiallergy #Therapy #Pathophysiology #Allergy #Omalizumab
Pathophysiology #Allergy #Omalizumab
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
Aspergillosis (ABPA ... Anti-lgE therapy (Omalizumab ... Aspergillosis #ABPA
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
coccidioidomycosis), Allergic (ABPA ... , ABPM) Medications
ABPA Working Group Criteria

#ABPA #allergic #bronchopulmonary #aspergillosis #diagnosis #Criteria
ABPA Working Group ... Criteria #ABPA ... aspergillosis #diagnosis #Criteria
Clinical spectrum of aspergillosis

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong 

#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Aspergillus #Aspergillosis #IA
Aspergillosis #IA #CPA #ABPA
On the left we see a chest film with a typical finger-in-glove shadow.
The HRCT shows focal
aspergillosis (ABPA ... #CXR #CTChest #ABPA
Stages of ABPA
I - Acute Phase
II - Remission
III - Exacerbation
IV - Glucocorticoid-Dependent ABPA
V - End-Stage (fibrotic)
Stages of ABPA ... Glucocorticoid-Dependent ABPA ... End-Stage (fibrotic) ABPA ... #ABPA #Stages ... aspergillosis #diagnosis #Criteria
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
and Prognosis Criteria ... present in 1 major criterion ... or 3 minor criteria ... met • Major criteria ... ventilation • Minor criteria
Assessment and Treatment of Severe Asthma, According to Inflammatory Phenotypes, in Patients without a Response to
Eligibility for omalizumab
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
CVID+++, HIV, ABPA