ArticleRespirology case reports2023
Tezepelumab treatment for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
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- Pooled it
- Revised ISHAM-ABPA working group clinical practice guidelines for diagnosing, classifying and treating allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis/mycoses.The European respiratory journal · 2024Guideline
- Biologic switching in allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: a scoping review of published clinical experience.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Review
- High total serum IgE level at diagnosis was associated with a progressive decline in lung function in asthmatic patients with allergic bronchopulmonary mycosis.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026Article
- Innate airway immune response to fungal allergens.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Tezepelumab in severe asthma with pulmonary mucus plugs and eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis after dupilumab intolerance and suboptimal mepolizumab response: A case report.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2026Article
- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a case series and literature review.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Review
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- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Mycosis Caused byRespirology case reports · 2025Article
- Treatment of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with biologics.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2025Review
- Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis/Mycosis: An Allergic Disease or an Eosinophilic Disease?Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2025Review
- Anti-IL-4Ra therapy is superior to other biologic classes in treating allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2025Article
- Development of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in a patient with nontuberculous mycobacterial-pulmonary disease successfully treated with dupilumab: A case report and literature review.Respirology case reports · 2024Article
- Successful Treatment of Mucus Plug Due to Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis Using Dupilumab.Cureus · 2024Article
- Tezepelumab treatment for allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.Respirology case reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
An 82-year-old man had been diagnosed with asthma. He experienced repeated exacerbations requiring treatment with a systemic corticosteroid despite being treated with medications including high-dose fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium/vilanterol, montelukast sodium, and theophylline; treatment with mepolizumab was then initiated. The patient had been free from exacerbations for 15 months; however, he suffered from post-obstructive pneumonia and atelectasis secondary to mucoid impaction in the right middle lobe of the lung, accompanied by a productive cough, wheezing, dyspnea, and right chest pain. In addition to the development of mucus plugs, the levels of serum IgE specific to Aspergillus spp. became positive; a definite diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) was established. The patient underwent treatment with tezepelumab. Over 3 months, the mucus plugs and pulmonary opacities diminished gradually in parallel with the improvement in the control of asthmatic symptoms. Tezepelumab might provide a novel steroid-sparing strategy for the management of ABPA, although further studies are required.
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