Acremonium strictum pulmonary infection in a horse

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-416

  Pusterla, Nicola ^a   Holmberg, Tara A ^a   Lorenzo Figueras, Mireia ^a   Wong, Anita ^a   Wilson, W David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acremonium strictum; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Culture; Horse; Interstitial pneumonia; PCR

Indexed keywords

ACREMONIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHAGOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ACREMONIUM; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; PHAGOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACREMONIUM STRICTUM; ATAXIA; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 29844432275     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2005.tb00072.x     Document Type: Article

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