TB Research

Post-COVID-19 chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompetent woman with a history of pulmonary tuberculosis: a case report

Marius Paulin Ngouanom Kuate, Felix Bongomin

Abstract

Previously treated pulmonary tuberculosis and Corona Virus Disease -2019 predispose to CPA and other pulmonary fungal diseases due to residual lung damage. We report a case of CPA in a 63-years-old Cameroonian woman with a history of PTB, 13 months after suffering from COVID-19 and treated with itraconazole 100mg.

MeSH terms

  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Medicine
  • Itraconazole
  • Pulmonary aspergillosis
  • Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
  • Tuberculosis
  • Pulmonary disease
  • Lung
  • Dermatology
  • Disease
  • Virology
  • Pathology