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| Age/sex | Place of origin | Underlying disease | Immunosuppressive therapy | Clinical presentation | Eosinophilia | Positive sample for S. stercoralis | Positive sample for Aspergillus | Aspergillus species identified | Antiparasitic treatment | Outcome | Reference |
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1 | 55 year/man | Behbahan | Two mass in the lung | Oral corticosteroid | Chronic cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, chest pain, obvious weight loss, weakness, and loss of appetite | 0% | Wet mount of faeces | Sputum direct examination and culture | A. flavus and A. niger | Ivermectin (only for one day) | Developed cardiac arrest and deceased | This study |
2 | 36 year/man | San Antonio, Texas | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | Oral corticosteroid and chemotherapy | Dyspnea, malaise, fever, and hemoptysis | 18% eosinophilia | Sputum cytology | Sputum and lavage fluid cultures | A. flavus and A. terreus | Ivermectin | Discharged in stable condition | Shrestha et al. [17] |
3 | 66 year/man | Nicaragua | Ulcerative colitis | IV steroids | Watery diarrhea with occasional blood | Unknown | BAL and CSF direct examination | BAL direct examination and at autopsy, multiple foci of lung involvement by Aspergillus were seen | Unknown | Ivermectin | Developed bradycardia and asystole and deceased | Imperatore et al. [18] |
4 | 74 year/man | Unknown | Cough, shortness of breath after activity expectoration | Unknown | Weight loss, hemoptysis accompanied by fever, and poor appetite | 0.1% eosinophilia | BAL direct examination and wet mount of faeces | Several sputa and BAL cultures | Unknown | Albendazole | Discharged in stable condition | Guo et al. [15] |
5 | 73 year/man | Unknown | Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, ischaemic heart disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Oral corticosteroid and radiotherapy | General malaise, high fever, vomiting, and low blood pressure | 1% eosinophilia | Sputum direct examination | Sputum direct examination and culture | A. fumigatus | Did not receive | Deceased | Wagenvoort et al. [20] |
6 | 58-year/woman | Unknown | Nonallergic asthma | Aerosol corticosteroids | Progressive respiratory distress syndrome | 17.2% eosinophilia | Tracheal aspirations | High serum level of antibodies to Aspergillus | A. fumigatus | Ivermectin | Discharged in stable condition | Jacquemart et al. [19] |
7 | 59-year/man | Unknown | Chronic obstructive lung disease | Oral corticosteroid | Hematuria, hemoptysis, hematemesis, and respiratory failure | Unknown | Wet mount of faeces and sputum direct examination | Sputum culture and at autopsy demonstrated disseminated aspergillosis | A. fumigatus | Thiabendazole | Deceased | Tankanow et al. [16] |
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