This case was published in Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2005 Sep;24(9):628-33.
(Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis transformed into fatal mucous impaction by immune reconstitution in an AIDS patient. By Samabatakou H; Denning D). PubMed Link.
These colonies were isolated from a BAL, (also with bacterial qrowth of S.aureus and S.maltophilia) from a patient with a VAP (undergoing corticosteroid treatment). The growth medium used is sabouraud dextrose agar , incubated at 37° C
The identification is made by microscopic/macroscopic observation criteria.
Microscopic morphology of A. flavus. Conidial heads are radiate, splitting to form loose columns, biseriate but having some heads with phialides borne directly on the vesicle.
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