Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Bianthrone and secoanthraquinone secondary metabolite 1
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Notes:
Species: A. wentiiSystematic name: Benzoic acid, 2-(2,6-dihydroxy-4-methylbenzoyl)-3,5-dihydroxy-, methyl esterMolecular formulae: C16H14O7Molecular weight: 318Chemical abstracts number: 57459-06-0Selected references: Assante, Gemma; Camarda, Lorenzo; Nasini, Gianluca (Ist. Patol. Veg., Univ. Milano, Milan I-20123, Italy). Gazz. Chim. Ital., 110(11-12), 629-31 (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
