The first step in getting correct treatment is to get a correct diagnosis. Differential diagnosis list for Aspergillosis may include:
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Some of the different medications used in the treatment of Aspergillosis include:
These medical statistics relate to hospitals, hospitalization and Aspergillosis:
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Aspergillosis doesn’t require isolation. Treatment requires local excision of the lesion and supportive therapy, such as chest physiotherapy and coughing, to improve pulmonary function. Endocarditis caused by Aspergillus is treated by surgical removal of infected heart valves and long-term amphotericin B therapy. Allergic aspergillosis requires desensitization and, possibly, steroids. Disseminated aspergillosis and aspergillosis endophthalmitis require a 2- to 3-week course of I.V. amphotericin B (as well as prompt cessation of immunosuppressive therapy). Voriconazole or itraconazole can also be used for treatment. However, the disseminated form results in an infection that's so virulent that amphotericin B therapy can’t stop the systemic involvement; eventually, death ensues.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
CLINICAL TIP: Itraconazole may be useful in slowing the progression of the disease in patients with immunocompetency.
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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