Date: 26 November 2013
Bronchoscopic view of a deep bronchial ulcer in a lung transplant patient. Biopsies through the ulcer yielded cartilage with hyphae invading it. Fungal cultures of bronchial lavage grew Aspergillus fumigatus. He responded to oral itraconazole therapy.
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Notes:
This patient was reported in Kramer MR, Denning DW, Marshall SE, Ross D, Berry G, Lewiston N, Stevens DA, Theodore J. Ulcerative tracheobronchitis following lung transplantation: a new form of invasive aspergillosis. Am Rev Resp Dis 1991; 144: 552-556.
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Emericella nidulans (Eidam), Anamorph: Aspergillus nidulans (Eidam) – Ascospores
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Emericella nidulans (Eidam), Anamorph: Aspergillus nidulans (Eidam) – Hulle cells
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Emericella nidulans (Eidam), Anamorph: Aspergillus nidulans (Eidam)
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Emericella nidulans (Eidam), Anamorph: Aspergillus nidulans (Eidam)
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Emericella nidulans (Eidam), Anamorph: Aspergillus nidulans (Eidam)
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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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Interference contrast micrograph of A.nidulans after one day at 25°C in minimal media containing 17% gelatin
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Hyphal growth. Micro-colony of A.nidulans grown overnight at 25°C in minimal media containing 17% gelatin
