Bronchoscopic and serologic diagnosis of Aspergillus fumigatus pulmonary infection in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 451-455

  Reidarson, Thomas H ^a   Harrell, James H ^b   Rinaldi, Michael G ^c   McBain, Jim ^a  

^a Sea World of California   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Bronchoscopy; Immunodiffusion serology; Itraconazole; Tursiops truncatus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; ITRACONAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOPSY; BLOOD; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CASE REPORT; DOLPHIN; DRUG COMBINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOPSY; BRONCHI; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; DOLPHINS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ITRACONAZOLE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE;

EID: 0032233951     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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