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Review
. 2022 Nov 16;60(11):e0227121.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.02271-21. Epub 2022 Nov 16.

The Brief Case: Encephalitis in a West Texas Woman

Clare McCormick-Baw  1 , Andrew Clark  1 , Sheena Knights  2 , Trish Perl  2 , Dominick Cavuoti  1
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The Brief Case: Encephalitis in a West Texas Woman

Clare McCormick-Baw et al. J Clin Microbiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: arthroconidia; coccidioidomycosis; dematiaceous.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

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FIG 1
Comparative colony morphology and microscopic evaluation of Neoscytalidium sp. (A–D) and Coccidioides sp. (E–F). (A) Light, wooly growth of Neoscytalidium sp. on chocolate agar at 48 h incubation from CSF. (B) Lactophenol cotton blue (LCB) tape preparation (4000×) of the mycelial growth of Neoscytalidium at 48 h incubation, showing rectangular, nonpigmented arthroconidia with spaces suggestive of dysjunctor cells. (C) Dark, wooly mold on chocolate agar at 7 days incubation. (D) LCB demonstrating the arthroconidia with melanized, irregular, rectangular arthroconidia without appreciable spaces (4000×). (E) Coccidioides sp. demonstrating velvety mold growth on Sabouraud agar at 5 days incubation (representative image for comparison), (F) LCB demonstrating alternating, barrel-shaped arthroconidia that lack the pigmentation, diagnostic of Coccidioides sp. (4000×) (representative image for comparison).
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