Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): A review of 43 cases of cryptococcosis

Medical Mycology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-234

  Krockenberger, Mark B ^a   Canfield, P J ^a   Malik, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans; Gattii; Koala

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INOCULATION; KIDNEY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN INFECTION; SPLEEN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS BACILLISPORUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; METATHERIA; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS;

EID: 0041823992     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/369378031000137242     Document Type: Article

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