[Pathomorphology of pulmonary aspergillosis in tuberculosis patients based on according to resection material]

To investigate various manifestations of broncho-pulmonary aspergillosis and to ascertain its association with a previous disease there were carried out histotopographic, histological and mycological studies of specimens of the lung tissue resected in 37 patients in connection with aspergillomas of the lungs and broncho-pulmonary aspergillosis. The investigations showed that aspergillosis was one of the forms of dysbacteriosis in the human organism and could develop against the background of post-tuberculous, tuberculous and nonspecific changes. The development of aspergillosis following post-tuberculous changes should be considered as a second nonspecific disease pathogenetically associated with tuberculosis, but with an etiological factor ot its own. There are the following forms of broncho-pulmonary aspergillosis: aspergillomas, isolated aspergillosis of the bronchi, extensive aspergillosis of the bronchi and cyst-like cavities, aspergillous pneumonia.