Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – dihydrocitrinone
Copyright: n/a
Notes:
Species: A. carneusSystematic name: 1H-2-Benzopyran-7-carboxylic acid, 3,4-dihydro-6,8-dihydroxy-3,4,5-trimethyl-1-oxo-, (3R,4S)-Molecular formulae: C13H14O6Molecular weight: 266Chemical abstracts number: 65718-85-6Selected references: Chien, M. M.; Schiff, P. L., Jr.; Slatkin, D. J.; Knapp, J. E. (Sch. Pharm., Univ. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA). Lloydia, 40(3), 301-2 (English) 1977.
Images library
-
Title
Legend
-
BAL specimen showing hyaline, septate hyphae consistent with Aspergillus, stained with Blankophor
-
Mucous plug examined by light microscopy with KOH, showing a network of hyaline branching hyphae typical of Aspergillus, from a patient with ABPA.
-
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
-
Corneal scrape with lactophenol cotton blue shows separate hyphae with Fusarium spp or Aspergillus spp.
-
A filamentous fungus in the CSF of a patient with meningitis that grew Candida albicans in culture subsequently.
-
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.
-
India ink preparation of CSF showing multiple yeasts with large capsules, and narrow buds to smaller daughter cells, typical of C. neoformans
