First isolation of Exophiala dermatitidis from a dog: Identification by molecular analysis

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-205

  Kano, Rui ^a   Kusuda, Misaki ^b   Nakamura, Yuka ^c   Watanabe, Shinichi ^c   Tsujimoto, Hajime ^b   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chitin synthase 2 gene; Dog; Exophiala dermatitidis; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DOG; EXOPHIALA; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EXOPHIALA; FATAL OUTCOME; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MYCOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EXOPHIALA DERMATITIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 0034715324     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00229-7     Document Type: Article

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