Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – terremutin
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Notes:
Species: A. terreusSystematic name: 7-Oxabicyclo[4.1.0]hept-3-en-2-one, 4,5-dihydroxy-3-methyl-, (1S,5S,6S)-Molecular formulae: C7H8O4Molecular weight: 156Chemical abstracts number: 18746-82-2Selected references: Kiriyama, Noriki; Higuchi, Yoshihiro; Yamamoto, Yuzuru (Fac. Pharm. Sci., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa, Japan). Chem. Pharm. Bull., 25(6), 1265-72 (English) 1977.
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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
