Cor pulmonale complicating chronic pulmonary aspergillosis with fatal consequences: Experience from Uganda
| dc.contributor.author | Bongomin, Felix | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kwizera, Richard | |
| dc.contributor.author | Atukunda, Angella | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kirengaa, Bruce J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-30T10:56:09Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-30T10:56:09Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-07-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Cor pulmonale is a rare complication of pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA). A 45-year-old Ugandan male with a history of recurrent community-acquired pneumonias was admitted with symptoms of progressive difficulty in breathing, chronic productive cough, non-exertional left sided chest pain and progressive weight loss occurring over a 12-month period. Chest CT scan and echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis of CPA with an asper gilloma complicating bronchiectasis, complicated with cor pulmonale. However, this was previously clinically misdiagnosed as PTB. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bongomin, F., Kwizera, R., Atukunda, A., & Kirenga, B. J. (2019). Cor pulmonale complicating chronic pulmonary aspergillosis with fatal consequences: Experience from Uganda. Medical mycology case reports, 25, 22-24. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.07.001 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14270/412 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Medical mycology case reports | en_US |
| dc.subject | Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cor pulmonale | en_US |
| dc.subject | Recurrent community acquired pneumonia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Itraconazole | en_US |
| dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
| dc.title | Cor pulmonale complicating chronic pulmonary aspergillosis with fatal consequences: Experience from Uganda | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |