Intestinal Cryptococcosis in a common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 298-302

  Juan Sallés, Carles ^a   Marco, Alberto ^a   Domingo, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Callitrichid; Cryptococcus; Enteritis; Lymphangitis; Mycosis; New world

Indexed keywords

CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; CALLITRICHIDAE; MARMOSETS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; MARMOSET; MICROBIOLOGY; MONKEY DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; MONKEY DISEASES;

EID: 0032249733     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1998.tb00079.x     Document Type: Article

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