Date: 26 November 2013
22/09/08 This chest radiograph shows bilateral hazy diffuse airspace disease predominating in the lower lungs with subtle nodularity in upper zones.
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A 33 year old known Chronic Granulomatous Disorder (CGD) male presented to A&E in respiratory distress and admitted with severe bibasal pneumonia. He had been laying mulch in his garden. He had not been taking any prophylactic antifungal agents. Oxygen therapy was commenced in conjunction with IV bacterial and fungal treatment with Amphotericin B (Fungizone ®). Further consultation and an adverse reaction to the administration of Fungizone ® led to a switch to IV Voriconazole 300mg BD. The patient tested positive for aspergillus antibodies in serum. The patient declined a bronchoscopy, responded well to IV voriconazole and was discharged home 2 weeks post admission on maintenance voriconazole.
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Vegetables: Red Onion. Another photo of sclerotia of A. niger on red onion
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Vegetables: Red Onion. Close up of sclerotia of A. niger on red onion
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Vegetables: Red Onion. Sclerotia of A. niger on red onion
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Nuts: Pistachio. Yellow stained pistachios due to infection of their hulls by A. niger
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Nuts: Pistachio. Stained pistachios from inoculations with Alternaria (left plate) or A. niger (right plate)
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Nuts: Pistachio. Bird-damaged nuts infected by A. niger
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Nuts: Pistachio. Bird damaged pistachios infected by A. niger
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Nuts: Pistachio. Infection of fresh pistachios by A. niger
