E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Complicated by Pulmonary Aspergillosis

Since the initial reports regarding the nationwide outbreak of e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) in August 2019 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a clear link has been established between EVALI and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-containing product use. We...

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Autores principales: Kupelian, Chloe, Kim, Andrew, Vijayan, Vini
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Infectious Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8719479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34987937
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20075
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description Since the initial reports regarding the nationwide outbreak of e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) in August 2019 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a clear link has been established between EVALI and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-containing product use. We report a case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) as a complication of EVALI in an immunocompetent adolescent that resulted in a fatal outcome. We encourage physicians that are considering the diagnosis of EVALI be cognizant of the increased use of THC and other potential contaminants in vaping cartridges. IPA can be a fatal disease and early aggressive treatment is necessary.
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spelling pubmed-87194792022-01-04 E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Complicated by Pulmonary Aspergillosis Kupelian, Chloe Kim, Andrew Vijayan, Vini Cureus Infectious Disease Since the initial reports regarding the nationwide outbreak of e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury (EVALI) in August 2019 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a clear link has been established between EVALI and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)-containing product use. We report a case of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) as a complication of EVALI in an immunocompetent adolescent that resulted in a fatal outcome. We encourage physicians that are considering the diagnosis of EVALI be cognizant of the increased use of THC and other potential contaminants in vaping cartridges. IPA can be a fatal disease and early aggressive treatment is necessary. Cureus 2021-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8719479/ /pubmed/34987937 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20075 Text en Copyright © 2021, Kupelian et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Kupelian, Chloe
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E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Complicated by Pulmonary Aspergillosis
title E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Complicated by Pulmonary Aspergillosis
title_full E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Complicated by Pulmonary Aspergillosis
title_fullStr E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Complicated by Pulmonary Aspergillosis
title_full_unstemmed E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Complicated by Pulmonary Aspergillosis
title_short E-cigarette or Vaping Product Use-Associated Lung Injury Complicated by Pulmonary Aspergillosis
title_sort e-cigarette or vaping product use-associated lung injury complicated by pulmonary aspergillosis
topic Infectious Disease
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8719479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34987937
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20075
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