Granulomatous skin lesions due to histoplasmosis in a badger (Meles meles) in Austria

Medical Mycology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 249-253

  Bauder, Barbara ^a   Kubber Heiss A ^a   Steineck, T ^a   Kuttin, E S ^a   Kaufman, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Austria; Badger; Histoplasma capsulatum var. capsulatum; Histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS SKIN DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; SKIN DEFECT;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXIDEA TAXUS;

EID: 0343570068     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/mmy.38.3.249.253     Document Type: Article

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