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Medical Resident Research Case Reports

Shahzeib Syed, DO, PGY II; Duncan McKinney, MD, PGY I; Noah Kosnik, DO. PGY I (Lewis Gale Medical Center, IM residents), Dr. Gretchen Junko (IM Faculty) Corresponding author: Shahzeib.syed@hcahealthcare.com 31 Aspergillus Niger Infection as a Pathway to Eosinophilic Pneumonia in Setting of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: to Raze a Deteriorating Structure

Lewis Gale Medical Center, Salem

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a poorly understood pathology in which chronic inflammation leads to accelerated damage to the lung parenchyma. Early intervention seems to be associated with greater outcomes however patients can progress to a stage requiring lung transplantation without intervention at a relatively early age. In the present case, it seems that patient had eosinophilic pneumonia from an aspergillus niger infection causing patients respiratory status to decline

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