Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – andibenin
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Notes:
Species: A. stellatusSystematic name: Spiro[5,11a-methano-1H,11aH-fluoreno[4,4a-c]furan-9(3H),3′(6’H)-[2H]pyran]-3,6,6′(5H)-trione, 6a,7,7a,8,10,11-hexahydro-8-hydroxy-2′,2′,5,6a,8-pentamethyl-, (3’S,5S,6aR,7aR,8R,11aS,11bR)-Molecular formulae: C25H30O6Molecular weight: 426Chemical abstracts number: 60451-42-5Selected references: Holker, John S. E.; Simpson, Thomas J. (Robert Robinson Lab., Univ. Liverpool, Liverpool, Engl.). J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., (14), 626-7 (English) 1978.
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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
