Re: Aspergillus - last one today.

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When I looked up Aspergillus in Stedman's Derm and Immunology Word book,

it was capitalized even when it was used as an adjective, i.e.

Aspergillus osteomyelitis. According to Stedman's Bacterial Words, since

Aspergillus is the genus name, it should always be capitalized. I would

" assume " that even though this is a fungus, the same rule would apply.

It also stated that when the genus name and the species name were used

together they should be set apart from the rest of the text by either

italizing or underlying it, but never in quotations.

On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 18:15:29 -0700 " "

writes:

> Hi,

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> I'm confused as to when to capitalize " aspergillus. "

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> Scratch testing done to *Aspergillus* fumigatus and *Aspergillus*

> mix was negative.

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> Her scratch test to *aspergillus* was negative today, however, since

> she is afraid of needles we will not do intradermals to

> *aspergillus* but I will check for *aspergillus* serologies instead.

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> We will check a sinus series, cocci titers, total IgE, *aspergillus*

> precipitants and *aspergillus* specific IgE.

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> Would it be as I have it or should it be capitalized in all of the

> above or another way?

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> TIA

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