Emericella nidulans in a maxillary sinus fungal mass.
Sexual reproductive stages of fungi are very rarely found within mammalian tissues. We report here coexistence of cleistothecia associated with Emericella nidulans and its conidial state, Aspergillus nidulans, in a fungal mass which developed in a maxillary sinus.
Mitchell
R G
RG
Department of Bacteriology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K.
Chaplin
A J
AJ
Mackenzie
D W
DW
D000368:Aged; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D001233:Aspergillus nidulans / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000382:microbiology*; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013172:Spores, Fungal