How Do You Treat Aspergillosis?
Aspergillosis is any infection caused by a fungus of the Aspergillus genus. This is a large genus and many specific diseases are included in the term “aspergillosis.” They are grouped into three major categories according to the type of infection: allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, invasive aspergillosis and pulmonary aspergilloma. None of these diseases are normally dangerous to someone with a healthy immune system. Treat allergic aspergillosis with corticosteroids and intraconazole. Use caution when using steroids for prolonged periods, as in the case of chronic aspergilloisis. Deal with invasive aspergillosis by taking voriconazole, amphotericin B and itraconazole. The use of voriconazole in the effective treatment of invasive aspergillosis is particularly noteworthy and has been demonstrated in a large well-conducted trial. These drugs have a reasonably broad spectrum of activity against hyaline molds and a confirmed diagnosis of aspergillosis is not as critical for these tre
