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THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
AUSTRALIA 5005

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Mould Identification: A Virtual Self Assessment

Unknown 23 - March 2007

Case History: A 29 year old male with a past history of
pulmonary tuberculosis presented with general fatigue, tiredness,
weight loss, a productive cough, especially at night, and numbness
in his fingertips and toes. A chest X ray and a computed tomography
(CT) scan showed the presence of a "fungal ball" in the right and
left apical regions. A Grocott’s methenamine silver (GMS) stained tissue
section of lung showed fungal balls of hyphae and the fungus shown
below was isolated.

Mould Identification: A Virtual Self Assessment

Unknown 23 - March 2007

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