Two cases of equine mucormycosis caused by Absidia corymbifera

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 453-456

  Guillot, J ^a   Collobert, C ^a,b   Jensen, H E ^c   Huerre, M ^d   Chermette, R ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Dermatology; Horse; Mucormycosis; Systemic infection

Indexed keywords

ABSIDIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCORMYCOSIS;

ABSIDIA; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; BABESIOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FEVER; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MUCORMYCOSIS;

EID: 0034267660     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516400777591039     Document Type: Article

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