Spinal cord granuloma due to Coccidioides immitis in a cat

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-376

  Foureman, Polly ^a   Longshore, Randall ^a,b   Plummer, Scott B ^a  

^a Veterinary Neurological Center   (United States)

^b Gulf Coast Veterinary Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CRANIAL NERVE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GAIT DISORDER; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; MYELOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD; VIRUS TITRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOMA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 19744369347     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2005)19[373:SCGDTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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