Glossary for Aspergillosis

• AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections: A term given to HIV patients who have a low CD4 count (below 200) which means that they have low levels of a type of immune cell called T-cells. AIDS patients tend to develop opportunistic infections and cancers. Opportunistic infections are infections that would not normally affect a person with a healthy immune system. The HIV virus is a virus that attacks the body's immune system.
• Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis: An allergic reaction to a particular fungus called Aspergillus.
• Allergy-like conditions: Medical conditions with similar effects to those of allergies.
• Asthma: Repeated attacks of breathing difficulty.
• Asthma-like conditions: Medical conditions similar to asthma, or having similar symptoms.
• Bone infection: Inflammation of the bone also known as osteomyelitis.
• Brain infection: Infection of the brain including encephalitis
• Bronchiectasis: Chronic bronchiole dilation from secretions and blockages.
• Bronchitis: Bronchitis is an inflammation of the air passages within the lungs. It occurs when the trachea and the large and small bronchi within the lungs become inflamed
• COPD: Severe obstruction of bronchial air flow typically from bronchitis and/or emphysema.
• Chronic Sinusitis: Chronic form of sinusitis, inflammation of the sinus cavities.
• Churg-Strauss Syndrome: A condition characterized by blood vessel inflammation that occurs throughout the body.
• Conditions involving a pathogen: Medical conditions involving some type of pathogen, such as a virus or bacteria.
• Cough: The noise produced from the sudden expulsion of air from the lungs
• Fever: Elevation of the body temperature above the normal 37 degrees celsius
• Fungal infections: Any condition caused by fungus.
• Lung symptoms: Symptoms affecting one or both lungs.
• Nosocomial infections: Any infection that originates in a hospital
• Pneumonia: Infection of the lung by bacteria, viruses or fungus.
• Pneumonia, eosinophilic: Infiltration of the lungs by eosinophils (type of white blood cell) which can be caused by asthma or as a reaction to certain drugs or parasitic infections.
• Sinusitis: Sinusitis is an inflammation of the paranasal sinuses.
• Skin infection: A condition which is characterized by an infection which occurs on the skin
• Ulcer: A local defect in the mucosa

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