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Aspergilosis

Última revisión: 9 Dec 2025
Última actualización: 24 Oct 2025

Resumen

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presencia de factores de riesgo
  • dolor torácico pleurítico
  • roce pleural
  • úlcera nasal
  • erupción cutánea
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • tos
  • cefalea
  • fiebre
  • congestión o sensibilidad sinusal
  • hemoptisis
  • disnea
  • dolor facial
  • convulsión
  • alteración del estado mental
  • parálisis de pares craneales
  • malestar general
  • pérdida de peso
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Fatores de risco

  • trasplante alogénico de células madre
  • neutropenia grave prolongada (>10 días)
  • uso de tratamiento inmunosupresor
  • enfermedad granulomatosa crónica (EGC)
  • trasplante de órgano sólido (TOS)
  • leucemia aguda
  • anemia aplásica
  • enfermedad pulmonar anterior o actual
  • enfermedad pulmonar crónica avanzada
  • infección gripal.
  • Infección por COVID-19
  • inmunodeficiencia primaria
  • Infección por VIH
  • diabetes mellitus
  • fibrosis quística
  • quemaduras graves
  • desnutrición
  • mieloma múltiple
  • pacientes inmunocompetentes
  • edad >55 años
  • tabaquismo
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • radiografía del tórax (RT)
  • exploración por tomografía computarizada (TC) de tórax de alta resolución
  • exploración de senos por tomografía computarizada (TC) de alta resolución
  • exploración por tomografía computarizada (TC) cerebral de alta resolución
  • imagen por resonancia magnética (IRM) de los senos
  • imagen por resonancia magnética (IRM) cerebral
  • antígeno galactomanano (GM) de Aspergillus sérico por enzimoinmunoanálisis (EIA)
  • cultivo de esputo
  • frotis de esputo
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • antígeno galactomanano (GM) de Aspergillus en LBA
  • broncoscopía con lavado broncoalveolar (LBA) tinción para aislamiento de hongos
  • broncoscopía con cultivo fúngico de lavado broncoalveolar (LBA)
  • reacción en cadena de la polimerasa
  • beta-D-glucano sérico (1-3)
  • IgG de Aspergillus en suero
  • biopsia de tejido
  • cultivo fúngico tisular
  • tinción tisular para aislamiento de hongos
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Algoritmo de tratamento

Inicial

sospecha de aspergilosis invasiva

AGUDA

aspergilosis invasiva confirmada

aspergiloma con hemoptisis potencialmente mortal

CONTÍNUA

aspergilosis pulmonar crónica

Colaboradores

Autores

Mayur Ramesh, MD
Mayur Ramesh

Senior Consultant

Division of Infectious Diseases

Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit

MI

Disclosures

MR declares that he has no competing interests.

Pranatharthi Chandrasekar, MD
Pranatharthi Chandrasekar

Professor

Division of Infectious Diseases

Wayne State University

Detroit

MI

Disclosures

PC is an author of references cited in this topic.

Peer reviewers

Daniel Friedman, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health

University of Chicago

Chicago

IL

Disclosures

DM declares that he has no competing interests.

Paul Verweij, MD

Professor of Medical Microbiology

Department of Medical Microbiology

Radboud University

Nijmegen

The Netherlands

Disclosures

Not disclosed.

Changa Kurukularatne, MD

Attending Physician/Consultant

Ochsner Medical Center

Department of Infectious Diseases

New Orleans

LO

Disclosures

CK is a member of the Speakers Bureau for Pfizer Inc., the manufacturer of voriconazole and anidulafungin.

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Key articles

Barnes PD, Marr KA. Aspergillosis: spectrum of disease, diagnosis, and treatment. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2006 Sep;20(3):545-61, Abstract

Patterson TF, Thompson GR 3rd, Denning DW, et al. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of aspergillosis: 2016 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 15;63(4):e1-e60.Full text  Abstract

Denning DW, Cadranel J, Beigelman-Aubry C, et al. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: rationale and clinical guidelines for diagnosis and management. Eur Respir J. 2016 Jan;47(1):45-68.Full text  Abstract

Kosmidis C, Denning DW. The clinical spectrum of pulmonary aspergillosis. Thorax. 2015 Mar;70(3):270-7.Full text  Abstract

Ullmann AJ, Aguado JM, Arikan-Akdagli S, et al. Diagnosis and management of Aspergillus diseases: executive summary of the 2017 ESCMID-ECMM-ERS guideline. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 May;24 Suppl 1:e1-e38.Full text  Abstract

Hope WW, Walsh TJ, Denning DW. Laboratory diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2005 Oct;5(10):609-22. Abstract

Maghrabi F, Denning DW. The management of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis: the UK National Aspergillosis Centre approach. Curr Fungal Infect Rep. 2017;11(4):242-51.Full text  Abstract

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