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Case Reports
. 2016 Oct;54(10):2410-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00049-16.

The Brief Case: Dyspnea in a Profoundly Immunocompromised Man

Andrej Spec  1 , Carlos A Q Santos  1 , Morgan A Pence  2
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Case Reports

The Brief Case: Dyspnea in a Profoundly Immunocompromised Man

Andrej Spec et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Oct.
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FIG 1
(A) CT of the patient's chest showing nodular infiltrates highly suggestive of fungal infection. (B) Bronchoscopy with a fungal growth (yellow arrow) on the carina, next to the right main stem bronchus (blue arrow). (C) Direct Gram stain of patient's tracheal aspirate showing tapering phialides with phialoconidia suggestive of Penicillium or Paecilomyces species. (D) Yellow-tan colonies on Sabouraud dextrose agar characteristic of Paecilomyces species.
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