Tuberculosis, pneumonia, inhaled foreign bodies, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and bronchial tumours are the major acquired causes of bronchiectasis.
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Other risk factors include the antiphospholipid syndrome, aspergillosis, Beh�et's disease, dacarbazine, pregnancy, and trauma.
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Whilst the benefits of using corticosteroids in the short term are notable, and improve invasive aspergillosis whilst undergoing corticosteroid treatment.
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Some successful animal models include the mouse and rabbit where " A . terreus " has formed pulmonary aspergillosis.
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In fact, invasive aspergillosis has been named as the leading cause of death in leukemia and stem cell transplantation patients.
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It is engaged in the development of antibiotics, antifungals and oncology drugs for treatment of invasive aspergillosis and invasive mucormycosis.
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Taken together, the major chronic, invasive and allergic forms of aspergillosis account for around 600, 000 deaths annually worldwide.
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On May 28, 2013, Basilea Pharmaceutica announced it had been granted orphan drug status by the FDA for treatment of aspergillosis.
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In a few case reports involving immunocompromised patients, pulmonary infections such as aspergillosis have been attributed to smoking cannabis contaminated with fungi.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved Cancidas to treat infections known as invasive aspergillosis in seriously ill patients for whom other therapies have failed.
