TITLE:
Pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient with COPD due to PEG-interferon and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C
AUTHORS:
Ersoy Ozdal, Vardareli Eser, Getiren Seyhmus, Tozun Nurdan
KEYWORDS:
Hepatitis C; Aspergillosis; Interferon
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.2 No.1,
March
25,
2013
ABSTRACT: This is a case of 52
years old male patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who
developed semi-invasive pulmonary aspergillosis while on pegylated-interferon
alpha-2a and for chronic hepatitis C infection. This complication is very
rarely seen during interferon therapy for other any purposes. Pulmonary aspergillosis in particular group of chronic hepatitis C patients
under immunosupressive therapy should also be in mind and interdisciplinary medical cooperation might be needed during the treatment
for immune-suppressed patients. Pulmonary aspergillosis is also discussed
from many aspects in the light of the literature.