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Volume 23, Number 2—February 2017
Research Letter

Fatal Emmonsia sp. Infection and Fungemia after Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Shanthi KappagodaComments to Author , Jason Y. Adams, Robert Luo, Niaz Banaei, Waldo Concepcion, and Dora Y. Ho
Author affiliations: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA (S. Kappagoda, R. Luo, N. Banaei, W, Concepcion, D.Y. Ho); University of California, Davis, California, USA (J.Y. Adams)

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Emmonsia sp. infection in a 55-year-old man who received an orthotopic liver transplant. A) Chest computed tomography scan showing right pleural effusion and diffuse centrilobular nodules. B) Velvety white colonies of Emmonsia sp. (Sabouraud dextrose agar plate) isolated from the patient. C) Colonies stained with lactophenolcotton blue showing hyphae and conidiophores (blue) (incubated at 30°C) (original magnification ×400).

Figure. Emmonsia sp. infection in a 55-year-old man who received an orthotopic liver transplant. A) Chest computed tomography scan showing right pleural effusion and diffuse centrilobular nodules. B) Velvety white colonies of Emmonsia sp. (Sabouraud dextrose agar plate) isolated from the patient. C) Colonies stained with lactophenol cotton blue showing hyphae and conidiophores (blue) (incubated at 30°C) (original magnification ×400).

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