Date: 26 November 2013
Aspergillosis in penguins. Lesions found in fatal cases of captive Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) with aspergillosis. Air sacs thickened with abundant plaque-like caseous and necrotic debris covering the wall with greyish-green fungal colonies on the internal surface.
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Kindly provided by Melissa Orzechowski Xavier [melissaxavier@bol.com.br], UFRGS – Brazil and with thanks to CRAM, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Image 1. The chest x-ray shows extensive bilateral nodular disease, most consistent with a fungal infection, or possibly tuberculosis. He was treated with a bucket face mask with 80% oxygen and voriconazole.
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A Colonies on MEA +20 % sucrose after 2 weeks; B ascomata, x 40; C conidiophore of Aspergillus glaucus x 920;D conidiophore of Aspergillus glaucus x920 E. portion of ascoma with asci x 920. F ascospores x2330.
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Scanning electron micrographs of A. fumigatus conidia of transformants rodB-02 (b). Size bar, 100 nm.
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Scanning electron micrographs of A. fumigatus conidia of the wild-type G10 strain (a). Size bar, 100 nm.
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Scanning electron micrographs of A. fumigatus conidia of rodA rodB-26 (d).Size bar, 100 nm.
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Scanning electron micrograph of an A.fumigatus conidium of rodA-47 (c), showing the hydrophobic rodlets covering the surface. Size bar, 100 nm.
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