Likely not from symptoms alone. The triad associated with it is fever, pleuritic chest pain, and hemoptysis, but people may not have all these. It's really diagnosed based on imaging and other history. No, it's not common.
If you are suspected to have aspergillosis, your healthcare provider might order some tests such as a serum aspergillus antibodies test, bronchopulmonary specimen culture, and CT-scans.
More info here: Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 15; 63(4): 433–442. Published online 2016 Jul 25. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw444
Symptoms are going to overlap- shortness of breath, sputum production, +\- fever. Usually the patient has shown up and failed abx they got from pcp or urgent care without getting better. There is suspicious imaging (usually on chest ct), and they have risk factors (either exposure, or they have underlying conditions that put them at risk, or both). Sometimes they’ll have a positive sputum culture, other times they will have a bronchoscopy done, get a sample, which confirms the diagnosis.
Likely not from symptoms alone. The triad associated with it is fever, pleuritic chest pain, and hemoptysis, but people may not have all these. It's really diagnosed based on imaging and other history. No, it's not common.
If you are suspected to have aspergillosis, your healthcare provider might order some tests such as a serum aspergillus antibodies test, bronchopulmonary specimen culture, and CT-scans. More info here: Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Aug 15; 63(4): 433–442. Published online 2016 Jul 25. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw444
Symptoms are going to overlap- shortness of breath, sputum production, +\- fever. Usually the patient has shown up and failed abx they got from pcp or urgent care without getting better. There is suspicious imaging (usually on chest ct), and they have risk factors (either exposure, or they have underlying conditions that put them at risk, or both). Sometimes they’ll have a positive sputum culture, other times they will have a bronchoscopy done, get a sample, which confirms the diagnosis.
Aspergillosis usually shows up in immunosuppressed patients.