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Maxillary sinusitis from Microascus cinereus and Aspergillus repens

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Microascus was associated with Aspergillus repens in a left maxillary sinus. Tissue contained septale filaments of two types, conidia, ostiolate perithecia containing ascospores corresponding to Microascus cinereus which was identified by culture. The abundance of sexual fructifications in the tissue indicates that pathogenicity is due to Microascus cinereus.

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  1. Laboratoire de Parasitologie Mycologie Médicale et Immunologie Parasitaire, CHU Pontchaillou, 35033, Rennes Cedex, France

    C. Aznar & C. Guiguen

  2. Unité de mycologie, Institut Pasteur, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France

    C. de Bievre

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Aznar, C., de Bievre, C. & Guiguen, C. Maxillary sinusitis from Microascus cinereus and Aspergillus repens . Mycopathologia 105, 93–97 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00444031

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