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Mould identification: a virtual self assessment

Case history

A 42-year-old exchange teacher from Chicago USA presented with a three week history of pulmonary disease characterized by fever, dyspnoea, cough, yellowish sputum, shortness of breath, chest pain and weight loss. CXR showed interstitial and diffuse bilateral infiltrates and a fine needle biopsy was taken which showed the presence of fungal elements and the culture shown below was isolated.