Diagnostic peritoneal lavage for identification of blastomycosis in a dog with peritoneal involvement

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1623-1627+1600

  Nielsen, Cheri ^a,b   Olver, Christine S ^a   Schutten, Melissa M ^a   Twedt, David C ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFOXITIN; ITRACONAZOLE; MISOPROSTOL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANAMNESIS; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOG; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL DETECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TISSUE FIXATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PERITONITIS; SOUTH DAKOTA; WYOMING;

AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCES; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0344430051     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.1623     Document Type: Article

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