Brief Answer: Is a type of fungi infection Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for posting your query, Aspergillosis is an infection or allergic response due to the Aspergillus fungus. The fungus is commonly found growing on dead leaves, stored grain, compost piles, or in other decaying vegetation. It can also be found on marijuana leaves. It hardly occurs in people with healthy immune systems and since your daughter has been treated for lupus which is a condition that is often associated to reduced immune system, that simply explains why she developed aspergillosis. It is a condition that often leads to pneumonia or fungus ball (aspergilloma). Invasive aspergillosis is treated with several weeks of an antifungal medicine. It can be given by mouth or IV (into a vein). Endocarditis caused by Aspergillus is treated by surgically removing the infected heart valves. Long-term antifungal therapy is also needed. Antifungal medicines alone do not help people with allergic aspergillosis. Allergic aspergillosis is treated with medicines that suppress the immune system (immunosuppressive drugs), such as prednisone. So, she will obviously continue taking the prednisone and her daughter might probably have to include an additional antifungal agent. Hope this helps and if you have any further questions, please feel free to ask. Dr. Nsah

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Brief Answer: It is aspergillosis Detailed Answer: Aspergillosis is simply fungal infection which often affects the lungs. If biopsy was done from her lungs and the conclusion was aspergillosis, then I believe you did not get it wrong. Maybe you did not understand me well. I mentioned two different diseases conditions which are lung aspergillosis and aspergilloma. They are two different conditions which both affect the lungs. Hope she will get better while on treatment. Hope this helps further Dr. Nsah

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