Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, 3D structure: Trivial name – sydonic acid
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Species: A. sydowiiSystematic name: Benzoic acid, 3-hydroxy-4-(1-hydroxy-1,5-dimethylhexyl)- (9CI)Molecular formulae: C15H22O4Molecular weight: 266Chemical abstracts number: 65967-73-9Selected references: Hamasaki, Takashi; Nagayama, Kouzou; Hatsuda, Yuichi. Two new metabolites, sydonic acid and hydroxysydonic acid, from Aspergillus sydowi. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry (1978), 42(1), 37-40. CODEN: ABCHA6 ISSN:0002-1369. CAN 88:148644 AN
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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
