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What factors influence your decision to initiate antifungal treatment in asymptomatic lung transplant recipients colonized with Aspergillus?

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Pulmonology · Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My main driver for using Aspergillus treatment/prophylaxis for asymptomatic colonized patients is their level of immunosuppression; if they have received augmentation for rejection or because of a treatment for cancer, I would strongly consider treatment; another reason would be if they are listed f...

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