Floating fungus balls in a blood culture bottle

Affiliations

• ¹ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany; Institute of Pneumology at the University of Cologne, Bethanien Hospital, Clinic for Pneumology and Allergology, Centre of Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care, Solingen, Germany.
• ² Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
• ³ Department of Internal Medicine V, Saarland University Medical Centre, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
• ⁴ National Reference Centre for Invasive Fungal Infections (NRZMyk), Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute, Jena, Germany; Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
• ⁵ Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany; Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Electronic address: soeren.becker@uks.eu.