Aspergillus species can cause life-threatening infection in immunocompromised children. Pulmonary infections are the most common, and are usually acquired through inhalations of aspergillus spores in unfiltered air. Some patients acquire invasive aspergillus infection fi-om endogenous spread of colonized para-nasal sinuses.
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Goethe Univ Hosp, Dept Med 2, Theodor Stern Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt, GermanyGoethe Univ Hosp, Dept Med 2, Theodor Stern Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany