Introduction: Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) is a type of semi-invasive aspergillosis seen mainly in immunocompetent individuals. These are slow, progressive, and not involved in angio-invasion compared with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The predisposing factors being compromised lung parenchyma owing to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and previous pulmonary tuberculosis. As not many studies have been conducted in CPA with respect to clinical and laboratory profile, the study was undertaken to examine the profile in our population.
Patients and methods: This was a retrospective study. All patients older than 18 years, who had evidence of pulmonary fungal infection on chest radiography or computed tomographic scan, from whom the Aspergillus sp. was isolated from respiratory sample (broncho-alveolar wash, bronchoscopic sample, etc.) and diagnosed with CPA from 2008 to…
