Spitzenkorper; phase contrast micrograph of A.nidulans after one day grown at 25°C in minimal media containing 17% gelatin showing spitzenkorper and fungal cell morphology
Spitzenkorper; phase contrast micrograph of A.nidulans after one day grown at 25°C in minimal media containing 17% gelatin showing spitzenkorper and fungal cell morphology
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Kindly provided by Sven Konzack and Reinhard Fischer Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl von Frisch Str, D 35043 Marburg, Germany.
Mucous containing Charcot-Leyden crystals, stained with H & EA 57 year old woman presented with breathlessness. She had a history of mild asthma for which she occasionally took salbutamol inhaler puffs. The patient underwent a pneumonectomy because of the severity of her disease process, and uncertainty about the diagnosis, prior to serology results being obtained.Serology showed an IgE of 2600, with a strongly positive Aspergillus RAST test and weakly positive Aspergillus precipitins. Material re
