Chronic localized osteomyelitis caused by atypical infection with Blastomyces dermatitidis in a dog

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 209, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1877-1879

  Marcellin Little, Denis J ^a   Sellon, Rance K ^a   Kyles, Andrew E ^a   Lemons, Carol L ^a   Kaufman, Leo ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE REPORT; DOG; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS;

AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRODESIS; BIOPSY; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CALCANEUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HINDLIMB; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; TALUS; TARSUS, ANIMAL;

AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCES; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0029799347     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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