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Chest X-Ray showing consolidation in the left lower lobe with left pleural effusion.
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Chest X-ray showed consolidation in the left lower lobe with left pleural effusion (Fig. 1).
Computerized tomography (CT) of the chest showing left pleural effusion.
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The patient underwent computerized tomography (CT) of the chest which revealed left pleural effusion with loculates and consolidation in lingula and left lower lobe (Fig. 2).
Chest X-Ray showing increase in amount of left pleural effusion.
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Trichoderma species on Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA). Arrow shows rapidly growing flat green colonies.
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The culture of blood with use of Sabouraud dextrose agar at 35  C yielded a nimatoid fungus identified as a Trichoderma species based on microscopic evaluation which revealed rapidly growing flat green colonies (Fig. 4).