ASPERGILLOSIS/PLANTS,HUMANS

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COLONIZATION OF ASPERGILLI IN THE LUNGS

CAN CAUSE ALLERGIC

RESPONCE OR A HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION TO

ASPERGILLUS ANTIGENS, MOSTLY DUE TO A.FUMIGATUS.

IT IS BELIEVED THAT ASPERGILLUS SPECIFIC IGE -

MEDIATED TYPE 1 HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS AND SPECIFIC IGE-MEDIATED TYPE 3

HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE PATHOGENSIS OF ABPA. WITH

OTHER FACTORS LIKE CELLULAR IMMUNITY. SYMPTOMS SHOWN IN THE SYNDROME.....

http://pathport.vbi.vt.edu/pathinfo/pathogens/A-f.html

FUNGAL ANTIGENS EXPRESSED DURING INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS

http://iai.asm.org/cgi/content/full/73/8/4704

ACUTE SINUSITIS

INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS MAY BEHAVE MUCH LIKE MALIGNANT NEOPLASM,WITH DESTRUCTION

OF THE BONE.

http://www.utmb.edu/otoref/Grnds/Sinusitis-acute-9703/sinus-acute-9703.htm