Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, 3D structure: Trivial name – Asterriquinones (2)
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Notes:
Species: A. terreusSystematic name: 1H-Indole, 3-[4-(1H-indol-3-yl)-2,3,5,6-tetramethoxyphenyl]-7-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)-Molecular formulae: C31H32N2O4Molecular weight: 496Chemical abstracts number: 78279-81-9Selected references; Arai, Kunizo; Shimizu, Sakae; Yamamoto, Yuzuru (Fac. Pharm. Sci., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa 920, Japan). Chem. Pharm. Bull., 29(4), 1005-12 (English) 1981.
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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
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