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Aspergillosis caused by\n                    <jats:italic>Aspergillus niger<\/jats:italic>\n                    is an uncommon but recognized infectious complication in this patient population.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    We report on the case of a 60-year-old lung transplant recipient who underwent routine surveillance bronchoscopy eight weeks post-transplantation in August 2025. A substantial amount of adherent secretion was noted at the medial part of the right bronchial anastomosis. Surveillance BAL was performed from the right S8 segment, and cytospin preparations revealed intracellular\n                    <jats:italic>Aspergillus<\/jats:italic>\n                    conidia within alveolar macrophages. Galactomannan antigen assay was negative; however, fungal culture confirmed\n                    <jats:italic>A<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                    <jats:italic>niger<\/jats:italic>\n                    after five days.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>This case highlights the diagnostic value of identifying fungal conidia in BAL cytology, which may facilitate early recognition of invasive fungal infection or fungal colonization potentially leading to invasive disease or facilitate chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) development.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1556\/030.2025.02772","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,21]],"date-time":"2025-11-21T09:06:03Z","timestamp":1763715963000},"page":"386-389","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1556\/policypage.crossmark.crossref.2","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Intracellular Aspergillus niger conidia in alveolar macrophages: A diagnostic clue in a lung transplant recipient"],"prefix":"10.1556","volume":"72","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3446-0406","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Gerg\u0151","family":"Sz\u0171cs","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pulmonolgy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary"},{"name":"MTA Centre of Excellence, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zs\u00f3fia","family":"Tass\u00f3","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pulmonolgy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary"},{"name":"MTA Centre of Excellence, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Veronika","family":"M\u00fcller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pulmonolgy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary"},{"name":"MTA Centre of Excellence, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Anik\u00f3","family":"Boh\u00e1cs","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pulmonolgy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary"},{"name":"MTA Centre of Excellence, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"No\u00e9mi","family":"Eszes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pulmonolgy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary"},{"name":"MTA Centre of Excellence, Hungary"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"425","reference":[{"key":"B1","series-title":"Med Mycol","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/mmy\/myac052","article-title":"Aspergillus spp. osteoarticular infections: an updated systematic review on the diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of 186 confirmed cases","volume":"60","author":"Tsantes AG","year":"2022","unstructured":"Tsantes AG, Papadopoulos DV, Markou E, Zarokostas K, Sokou R, Trikoupis I, et\u00a0al. 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