Isolation of Allescheria boydii from pleural fluid.
Allescheria boydii was repeatedly isolated from thoracentesis fluid from a patient with a right pleural effusion. Histological study of methanamine-stained pleural tissue revealed the presence of septate hyphae. After a thoracotomy and decortication, the patient's symptoms cleared, and he has remained asymptomatic over a postoperative period of 13 months.
D000328:Adult; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000601:surgery; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000382:microbiology*