|
|
- A mitosporic Loculoascomycetes fungal genus including several plant pathogens and at least one species which produces a highly phytotoxic antibiotic. Its teleomorph is Lewia.
(Source: National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification)
- Images
-
 - Figure 1. Alternaria, shown by lactophenol blue stain (40x magnification)
 - Figure 2. Alternaria, by lactophenol blue stain (80x magnification).
 - Figure 3. Alternaria, methenamine silver stain of a skin biopsy.
- Notes
- Figures 1 and 2 contributed by Lynn Bry, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
- Related Cases
|
Case #02053
A middle-aged man with chronic myelogenous leukemia, cavitary lung disease and brain lesions.
View Case
|
- Related Images From Cases
-
- References
-
- National Library of Medicine 2013 MeSH Scope Note and Classification
|
|