Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Gregatin
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Species: A. panamensisSystematic name: 3(2H)-Furanone, 2-(1,3-hexadienyl)-4-(3-hydroxy-1-oxobutyl)-5-methoxy-2-methyl- (9CI)Molecular formulae: C16H22O5Molecular weight: 166Chemical abstracts number: 65831-50-7Selected references: Anke, H.; Schwab, H.; Achenbach, H. Metabolic products of microorganisms. 197. Investigations on metabolites of microorganisms. 23. Tetronic acid derivatives from Aspergillus panamensis. Production, isolation, characterization and biological activity
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Scanning electron micrograph of Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis conidial heads
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Image D & E. A case of onychomycosis associated with Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis as described in Nail infection by Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis. Med Mycol. 2009 Mar 9:1-5, 2009, Brasch J, Varga J, Jensen JM, Egberts F & Tintelnot K
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Image 5. Oral itraconazole pulse therapy was given to the patient (200 mg twice daily for 1 week, with 3 weeks off between successive pulses, for four pulses) and treatment was successful.
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This patient was 28 yr old with adult lymphocytic leukaemia. She received induction chemotherapy and this infection developed 2 days after recovering from neutropenia.
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Close-up image of the lesion on the left thigh showing a mat of hyphae over the wound.
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Eosinophilic mucin with A. flavus in the nasal cavity. Irregular crust of 2.5 cm from a patient diagnosed as allergic fungal sinusitis. Patient with allergic fungal sinusitis
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GMS stain of eosinophilic mucin reveals a darkly stained dichotomously branched A. flavus hyphae within cellular background. Patient with allergic fungal sinusitis
