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Colonies of Trichosporon asahii after 48 h on Columbia Blood agar at 35 C in ambient air. Morphological features of T asahii: T asahii is Gram-positive and produces blastoconida of various shapes, well-developed hyphae, pseudohyphae and arthroconida. (Gram stain, magnification x1000)
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T asahii (Figures 1 and 2).
Colonies of Trichosporon asahii after 48 h on Columbia Blood Agar at 35 C in ambient air. Colonies were cream-coloured and smooth. They become dry, moist, shiny, folded, cerebriform and elevated with marginal zones with age
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T asahii (Figures 1 and 2).
Gross morphology of the left knee 26 months after surgery. The left knee joint was mildly swollen
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At the most recent follow-up, which was at 26 months following the primary procedure and 11 months after stopping all antibiotics, including oral voriconazole, the patient's general condition was good, body temperature was normal, function of the right knee had returned to normal, the left knee joint was mildly swollen (Figure 3), there was no joint effusion and the range of motion of the left knee was similar to the preoperative measure.
X-ray of the left knee 26 months after surgery. The prosthesis was not loose and there was no subsidence or migration
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X-rays showed that the prosthesis of the left knee was not loose, there was no evidence of osteolysis, and the prosthesis was well positioned (Figure 4).