Secondary Aspergillosis
Authors: PAUL P. CARBONE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1964)

Article1 April 1964Secondary AspergillosisPAUL P. CARBONE, M.D., SEYMOUR M. SABESIN, M.D., HERSCHEL SIDRANSKY, M.D., EMIL FREI III, M.D.PAUL P. CARBONE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SEYMOUR M. SABESIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HERSCHEL SIDRANSKY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, EMIL FREI III, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-60-4-556 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe causative agents of most systemic and subcutaneous mycoses are saprophytes that are present in abundance in man's environment (1). One of these saprophytes is the genusAspergilluswhose members are particularly ubiquitous and survive under the poorest conditions of temperature, nourishment, and moisture (2). In 1897 Renon described in detail an occupational disease of wig makers and pigeon breeders due toAspergillus(3). Since then, aspergillosis has become established as a clinical entity and has been the subject of several reviews (4-6). The tendency for aspergillosis to occur in patients with debilatating diseases such as histoplasmosis (7), tuberculosis (8),...References1. EMMONS CW: The Jekyll-Hydes of mycology. Mycologia 52: 669, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. CAWLEY EP: Aspergillosis and the aspergilli. Arch. Intern. Med. (Chicago) 80: 423, 1947. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. RENON L: Etude sur l'Aspergillose Chez les Animaux et Chez l'Homme. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1897. Google Scholar4. HINSONMOONPLUMMER KFASNS: Bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: a review and a report of eight new cases. Thorax 7: 317, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. WAHLERICKSON EFMJ: Primary pulmonary aspergillosis. J. Med. Ass. Georgia 17: 341, 1928. Google Scholar6. 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SABESIN, M.D.; HERSCHEL SIDRANSKY, M.D.; EMIL FREIIII, M.D.Affiliations: Bethesda, MarylandFrom the Medicine Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.Presented in part at the Forty-third Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 9-13, 1962.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Paul P. Carbone, M.D., Medical Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014. 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Copies of the Journal can be obtained price 10s. 6d. post free from the publishers or usual agents. 1 April 1964Volume 60, Issue 4Page: 556-567KeywordsAspergillosisHistoplasmosisMycosesNecrosisSystemic mycosesTemperatureThrombosisThyroid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1964 PDF downloadLoading ...