What does ABPA stand for?

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in a 9-year-old boy.

Sensitization to Aspergillus antigens and occurrence of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in patients with asthma.

1) Infection with this fungus could lead to allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA), aspergilloma, or invasive aspergillosis (IA).

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis with obstruction of the upper respiratory tract.

They were diagnosed with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis caused by hypersensitivity due to the organisms.

The spectrum of interaction of Aspergillus with a human host includes airway colonization, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, aspergilloma and the much dreaded invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.

Clinial Use of Immunoglobulin E (IgE) Measurements Measurement of IgE always indicated in patients with suspected IgE monoclonal gammopathy Hyper-IgE syndrome Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis Immunodeficiency syndromes Measurement of IgE sometimes indicated in patients with suspected Allergic disease Helminthic parasitism Measurement of IgE usually not indicated in patients with suspected Inflammatory diseases Nonparasitic infectious diseases An elevated IgE concentration frequently is found in various allergic and helminthic parasitic diseases, as outlined in Table 2.

The second is an unusual condition called allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, which is an infection in the airways that leads to destruction of the airways.