Asymptomatic carriage of Cryptococcus neoformans in the nasal cavity of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

Medical Mycology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 331-338

  Connolly, J H ^b   Krockenberger, M B ^b   Malik, R ^b   Canfield, P J ^b   Wigney, D I ^b   Muir, D B ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

C. neoformans var. gattii; Crptococcus neoformans; Cryptococcosis; Koala; Phascolarctos cinereus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; NASAL CAVITY; SEASONS; SKIN;

EID: 0032843029     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1999.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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