Volume 9, Number 9, September 2003

Paecilomyces lilacinus Vaginitis in an Immunocompetent Patient

Jeanne Carey,* Ron D’Amico,* Deanna A. Sutton,† and Michael G. Rinaldi†‡
*Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York, USA; †University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA; and ‡Audie L. Murphy Division, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Figure 2. Divergent phialides and long, tangled chains of elliptical conidia borne from more complex fruiting structures characteristic of Paecilomyces lilacinus, 460X.

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