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Treatments of Aspergillosis: Online Medical Books

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Aspergillosis: Treatment

(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

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.

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Aspergillosis: Treatment
(Handbook of Diseases)

  • Patients with aspergillosis don’t have to be isolated.
  • Treatment of aspergilloma necessitates local excision of the lesion and supportive therapy, such as chest physiotherapy and coughing, to improve pulmonary function. Those with severe hemoptysis due to fungus ball of the lung may benefit from lobectomy.
  • Allergic aspergillosis requires desensitization and, possibly, a steroid.
  • Disseminated aspergillosis and aspergillosis endophthalmitis require a 2- to 3-week course of I.V. amphotericin B (as well as prompt cessation of immunosuppressant therapy). However, the disseminated form of aspergillosis commonly resists amphotericin B therapy and rapidly progresses to death.

    CLINICAL TIP: Itraconazole may be useful in slowing the progression of the disease in patients with immunocompetency.

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    Medications used to treat Aspergillosis:

    Note:You must always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

    Some of the different medications used in the treatment of Aspergillosis include:

    • Amphotericin B Cholesteryl Sulfate complex
    • Amphotec
    • Voriconazole
    • VFEND

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