Aspergillosis

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Aspergilloma

Aspergillosis - chest X-ray

Pulmonary aspergillosis

Symptoms depend on the actual type of infection. For symptoms of aspergillosis-related growth, see aspergilloma.

Symptoms of allergic aspergillosis may include:

• Fever
• Malaise
• Cough
• Coughing up blood or brownish mucous plugs
• Wheezing
• Weight loss
• Recurrent episodes of lung obstruction

• Chills
• Headaches
• Shortness of breath
• Chest pain
• Increased sputum production, which may be bloody
• Bone pain
• Blood in the urine
• Decreased urine output
• Meningitis
• Vision problems
• Sinusitis
• Endocarditis

Tests to diagnose aspergillosis infection may include:

• Chest x-ray
• CT scan
• Sputum stain and culture for Aspergillus
• Tissue biopsy (see bronchoscopy with transtracheal biopsy)
• Aspergillus antigen skin test
• Aspergillosis precipitin antibody
• Complete blood count

Review Date: 10/09/2006
Reviewed By: D. Scott Smith, M.D., MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City, CA & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Stanford University. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.