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=== Aspergillosis === [[Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis]] (ABPA) is an inflammatory disease caused by hypersensitivity to the fungus [[Aspergillus fumigatus]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Greenberger|first1=Paul A.|last2=Bush|first2=Robert K.|last3=Demain|first3=Jeffrey G.|last4=Luong|first4=Amber|last5=Slavin|first5=Raymond G.|last6=Knutsen|first6=Alan P.|date=November 2014|title=Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis|journal=The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. In Practice|volume=2|issue=6|pages=703β8|doi=10.1016/j.jaip.2014.08.007 |pmc=4306287|pmid=25439360}}</ref> It is suspected in patients with a long history of asthma and symptoms of bronchiectasis such as a productive, [[Mucopurulent discharge|mucopurulent]] cough.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=De Soyza|first1=Anthony|last2=Aliberti|first2=Stefano|date=2017-01-01|title=Bronchiectasis and Aspergillus: How are they linked?|journal=Medical Mycology|volume=55|issue=1|pages=69β81|doi=10.1093/mmy/myw109 |pmid=27794529|doi-access=free}}</ref> Imaging often shows peripheral and central airway bronchiectasis, which is unusual in patients with bronchiectasis caused by other disorders.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Agarwal|first1=R.|last2=Chakrabarti|first2=A.|last3=Shah|first3=A.|last4=Gupta|first4=D.|last5=Meis|first5=J. F.|last6=Guleria|first6=R.|last7=Moss|first7=R.|last8=Denning|first8=D. W.|last9=ABPA complicating asthma ISHAM working group|s2cid=24077597|date=August 2013|title=Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: review of literature and proposal of new diagnostic and classification criteria|journal=Clinical and Experimental Allergy |volume=43|issue=8|pages=850β873|doi=10.1111/cea.12141 |pmid=23889240}}</ref>
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