Respiratory Tract Aspergillosis And Tuberculosis

ISBN-13: 9783847303336 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 100 str.

Anna Longdoh Njunda

Opis

Clinical and radiological characteristics of aspergillosis are very similar to tuberculosis. This prompted us to investigate the prevalence of respiratory tract Aspergillus sp. in the sputum of patients suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis. Two hundred sputa samples were studied for Aspergillus sp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Analysis for Aspergillus sp. was done by direct microscopy and fungal culture on two sets of Sabouraud Dextrose Agar. Mycobacterium tuberculosis was analysed by the Auramine-phenol fluorochrome technique. Aspergillus sp were isolated from 30(15%) patients, M. tuberculosis was found in 27(13.5%) and a co infection of 9(4.5%) was observed. Aspergillosis is common in individuals suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis in Fako Division. Once diagnosed, itraconazole should be the treatment of choice since it was observed to be very effective against all Aspergillus isolates.

O autorze

Dr Njunda Anna was born in Bamenda in the North West Region of Cameroon.She went to Our lady of lourdes Secondary school.She won the Cameroon Goverment scholarship to study in the Universiy of Lagos- Nigeria where she got a Phd in Medical Microbiology and Parasitology. She loves mentoreeing and nature watching.