Diagnosis of histoplasmosis by detection of the internal transcribed spacer region of fungal rRNA gene from a paraffin-embedded skin sample from a dog in Japan

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-224

  Ueda, Yachiyo ^a   Sano, Ayako ^b   Tamura, Miki ^b   Inomata, Tomo ^c   Kamei, Katsuhiko ^b   Yokoyama, Koji ^b   Kishi, Fukuko ^b   Ito, Junko ^b   Mikami, Yuzuru ^b   Miyaji, Makoto ^b   Nishimura, Kazuko ^b  

^a Ueda Animal Hospital   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dog; Histoplasma capsulatum; Histoplasma capsulatum var. farciminosum; Internal transcribed spacer of ribosomal RNA gene

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN VERSUS NONHUMAN DATA; LYMPHANGITIS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN; TISSUE SECTION;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM VAR. FARCIMINOSUM;

EID: 0037502425     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(03)00104-4     Document Type: Article

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