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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Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Antimicrobial metabolite 3
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Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – aranotin bisdethiobismethylthioacetyl biosynthesis
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Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Asparvenone derivative
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Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Asperfuran
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Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Aspergillic acid
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Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Aspergillus acid A
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Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Aspergillus acid C
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Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Aspergillus acid D
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Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – Aspermutarubrol
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Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – asperphenamate
