Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Mellein/ Ochracin
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Notes:
Species: A. melleusSystematic name: 1H-2-Benzopyran-1-one, 3,4-dihydro-8-hydroxy-3-methyl-, (3R)-Molecular formulae: C10H10O3Molecular weight: 178Chemical abstracts number: 480-33-1Selected references: Holker, John S. E.; Simpson, Thomas J. (Dep. Org. Chem., Univ. Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, Engl.). J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1, (5), 1397-400 (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
