Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Dihydroflavoglaucin
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Notes:
Species: A. ruberSystematic name: Benzaldehyde, 2-heptyl-3,6-dihydroxy-5-(3-methylbutyl)- (9CI)Molecular formulae: C19H30O3Molecular weight: 306.44Chemical abstracts number: 74886-30-9Selected references: Hamasaki, Takashi; Kimura, Yasuo; Hatsuda, Yuichi; Nagao, Minako. Structure of a new metabolite, dihydroauroglaucin, produced by Aspergillus chevalieri. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry (1981), 45(1), 313-14.
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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
