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Mould identification: a virtual self assessment

Case history

A 64-year-old woman received a left single-lung transplant for end-stage idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Her postoperative course was relatively uncomplicated for 7 months, when deteriorating pulmonary function consistent with clinical bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome gradually developed. Multiple cultures of the BAL and sputum grew the fungus shown below.