Fungal colonization and failure of a long-term gastronomy tube in a cat

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 709-710

  Boutilier, Pam ^a,b   Carr, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Arboretum View Veterinary Specialists ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; APOPREDNISONE; PREDNISONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANDIDA KRUSEI; CAT DISEASE; CHOLANGITIS; FEEDING APPARATUS; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GASTROSTOMY; HEPATITIS; LONG TERM CARE; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CANDIDIASIS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL;

FUNGI; ISSATCHENKIA ORIENTALIS;

EID: 24144437174     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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