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However, it is associated with an increased risk of steroids side effects and possible medication noncompliance. Monthly intravenous pulse methylprednisolone (IV-PS) has been used as an alternative to oral steroids to treat CF-related ABPA with a reportedly similar clinical response and less steroid-related side effects. To our knowledge, the use of IV-PS in asthma-related ABPA has not been previously reported. We report the successful management of asthma-related ABPA in an adolescent using intravenous pulse methylprednisolone in addition to oral itraconazole with no significant steroid-related side effects.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children9020252","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,2,14]],"date-time":"2022-02-14T03:46:00Z","timestamp":1644810360000},"page":"252","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Use of Intravenous Pulse Steroids to Treat Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in a Non-Compliant Asthmatic Adolescent"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8292-2011","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sara G.","family":"Hamad","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha P.O. Box 3050, Qatar"},{"name":"Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Sidra Medicine, Doha P.O. 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