Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, 3D structure: Trivial name – 3-hydroxyterphenyllin
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Notes:
Species: A. candidusSystematic name: [1,1′:4′,1”-Terphenyl]-2′,3,4,4”-tetrol, 3′,6′-dimethoxy-Molecular formulae: C20H18O6Molecular weight: 354Chemical abstracts number: 66163-76-6PubChem URL: Go to PubChem linkSelected references: Kurobane, Itsuo; Vining, Leo C.; McInnes, A. Gavin; Smith, Donald G. (Dep. Biol., Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS B3H 4J1, Can.). J. Antibiot., 32(6), 559-64 (English) 1979.
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BAL specimen showing hyaline, septate hyphae consistent with Aspergillus, stained with Blankophor
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Mucous plug examined by light microscopy with KOH, showing a network of hyaline branching hyphae typical of Aspergillus, from a patient with ABPA.
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Corneal scraping stained with lactophenol cotton blue showing beaded septate hyphae not typical of either Fusarium spp or Aspergillus spp, being more consistent with a dematiceous (ie brown coloured) fungus
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Corneal scrape with lactophenol cotton blue shows separate hyphae with Fusarium spp or Aspergillus spp.
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A filamentous fungus in the CSF of a patient with meningitis that grew Candida albicans in culture subsequently.
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Transmission electron micrograph of a C. neoformans cell seen in CSF in an AIDS patients with remarkably little capsule present. These cells may be mistaken for lymphocytes.
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India ink preparation of CSF showing multiple yeasts with large capsules, and narrow buds to smaller daughter cells, typical of C. neoformans
