FIG 2.

(a) Slide cultures on malt extract agar of 5 days growth at 28°C of the Blastobotrys serpentis (VPCI 568/P/13) isolate collected from blood culture of case 1, showing well-differentiated pseudohyphae with abundant blastoconidia. Septate hyphae were not observed. Magnification, ×1,000. (b) Slide cultures on malt extract agar of 7 days growth at 28°C of the Blastobotrys proliferans (VPCI 573/P/13) isolate collected from blood culture of case 2, showing conidiophores bearing pear-shaped mother cells and crowned with secondary conidia (downward arrow) and lateral conidia (upward arrows). Magnification, ×400. (c) Thick-walled, terminal, and intercalary chlamydospores (arrows). Magnification, ×1,000.