Treatment of conidiobolomycosis with fluconazole in two pregnant mares

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 363-364

  Taintor, Jennifer ^a   Crowe, Charles ^b   Hancock, Scott ^a   Schumacher, John ^a   Livesey, Leanda ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Equine Medical Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS VACCINE;

ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; CONIDIOBOLUS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CONIDIOBOLUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CONIDIOBOLUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; FUNGI;

EID: 2942564649     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2004)18<363:TOCWFI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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