A case of interstitial pneumonia associated with pneumocystis carinii in a foal

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 621-624

  Perron Lepage, M F ^a   Gerber, V ^b   Suter, M M ^b  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Foal; Immunoglobulins; Interstitial pneumonia; Pneumocystis carinii

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG; LYMPH NODE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; LYMPH NODES; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0033227081     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.36-6-621     Document Type: Article

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