Date: 21 January 2014
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Image B. Additional cavities are apparent inferior to this large cavity and are in communication both with the bronchi and the additional cavities. Some of the apparent cavities are probably dilated bronchi. The left lower lung is completely opacified otherwise. The degree of pleural fibrosis surrounding the left apical cavity is reduced slightly over the interval of four months.
Image C. This shows an almost normal hyperexpanded right lung with a very substantially contracted left lung with one large airway visible and probably incontinuity with a slightly irregular cavity containing some debris, presumably fungal tissue. Other levels show very large left apical cavity with numerous subsections containing debris or fibrotic tissue and almost complete fibrosis of the lung below the level of the carina on the left, with some calcification within the fibrotic lung tissue.
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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.