Disseminated pulmonary adiaspiromycosis caused by Emmonsia crescens in a horse

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 749-752

  Pusterla, N ^a   Pesavento, P A ^b   Leutenegger, C M ^a   Hay, J ^c   Lowenstine, L J ^b   Durando, M M ^a   Magdesian, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Valley Veterinary Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiaspiromycosis; Emmonsia crescens; Granulomatous pneumonia; Horse; Lung

Indexed keywords

CEFTIOFUR; COTRIMAZINE; FUNGAL DNA;

ADIASPIROMYCOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMMONSIA CRESCENS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MOULD; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TACHYPNEA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRYSOSPORIUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG MYCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; EMMONSIA CRESCENS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHRYSOSPORIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, FUNGAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0036835313     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776250342     Document Type: Article

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