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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, p. 3386-3390, Vol. 47, No. 10
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00588-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Cerebral Aspergillosis Caused by Aspergillus granulosus{triangledown}

Deanna A. Sutton,1* Brian L. Wickes,2 Anna M. Romanelli,2 Michael G. Rinaldi,1 Elizabeth H. Thompson,1 Annette W. Fothergill,1 Megan K. Dishop,3,4 Okan Elidemir,3,4 George B. Mallory,3,4 Siby P. Moonnamakal,3,4 Adekunle M. Adesina,3,4 and Marc G. Schecter3,4

Department of Pathology,1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas,2 Baylor College of Medicine,3 Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas4

Received 23 March 2009/ Returned for modification 22 June 2009/ Accepted 12 August 2009

Disseminated disease by Aspergillus granulosus has been reported only once previously in a cardiac transplant recipient. We report a fatal central nervous system infection in a lung transplant recipient. Key features of this species in the section Usti include growth at 37°C and large, randomly spaced aggregates of variably shaped Hülle cells.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology—MC 7750, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900. Phone: (210) 567-4131. Fax: (210) 567-4076. E-mail: suttond{at}uthscsa.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 26 August 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2009, p. 3386-3390, Vol. 47, No. 10
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00588-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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