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ArticleTherapeutic advances in infectious disease

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis and pulmonary embolism/venous thromboembolism: a case series and systematic review of the literature.

Joseph Baruch Baluku, Peter Isagara, Ivaan Pitua, Jeremiah Mutinye Kwesiga, Judith Mutesi, Joanitah Nalunjogi, Ahmed Ddungu, Ronald Olum, Felix Bongomin

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9 authors.

Joseph Baruch BalukuDivision of Pulmonology, Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, P.O. Box 26343, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5852-9674
Peter IsagaraDivision of Pulmonology, Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4381-7761
Ivaan PituaSchool of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0768-1315
Jeremiah Mutinye KwesigaDepartment of Psychiatry, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5507-1664
Judith MutesiDivision of Pulmonology, Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
Joanitah NalunjogiTuberculosis Research Group, Makerere University Lung Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
Ahmed DdunguTuberculosis Research Group, Makerere University Lung Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
Ronald OlumJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1289-0111
Felix BongominDepartment of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4515-8517

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) often arises in the setting of structural lung damage and is associated with chronic inflammation, which increases the risk of venous thromboembolic disease (VTE), including pulmonary embolism (PE). However, the clinical context and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying CPA/VTE remain poorly defined. This study aims to highlight the clinical challenges through a case series and systematic review of existing literature regarding this rare co-occurrence. We present three complex cases from Kiruddu National Referral Hospital in Uganda: two males, one female, aged 44-80 years, with post-tuberculosis lung disease. All three were diagnosed with

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case serieschronic pulmonary aspergillosisCPAdeep venous thromboembolismpulmonary embolism

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