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CT scan on admission (a and b) and 1 month later (c and d). (a and b) Chest computed tomography image taken in admission showing patchy, nodular, and flocculent ground-glass density shadows in each lobe of both lungs, nodules and cavities in the dorsal segment of the left lower lobe (red arrow). (c and d) Chest computed tomography image taken in 1 month later showing improvement in both lung lesions.
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These findings indicated pulmonary infiltration associated with SLE and pulmonary infectious lesions (Figure 1a and b). After about one month of therapy, the reexamination of chest computed tomography showed that the pneumonia was improved (Figure 1c and d).
Macroscopic and microscopic features of TM. (a) The TM from the patient's BALF cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar showed short yellow villi and produced red pigment (incubation at 27 C). (b) Stained with lactophenol cotton blue, the fungi showed brush-like structure (original magnification: x400).
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Talaromyces marneffei (sequence number 7480). TM was cultured from the patients' BALF (Figure 2a and b).