Cryptococcus neoformans granuloma in the lung and spinal cord of a free-ranging cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). A clinical report and literature review

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 228-232

  Millward, Ian R ^a   Williams, M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acinonyx jubatus; Cheetah; Cryptococcoma; Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii; Meningomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUTOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHEETAH; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG GRANULOMA; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MYELITIS; MYELOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG MYCOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS BACILLISPORUS; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FATAL OUTCOME; GRANULOMA; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 33745072776     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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