Fatal systemic phaeohyphomycosis caused by Ochroconis gallopavum in a dog (Canis familaris)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 988-992

  Singh, K ^a   Flood, J ^b   Welsh, R D ^b   Wyckoff III, J H ^b   Snider, T A ^b   Sutton, D A ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dematiaceous fungi; Dogs; Ochroconis gallopavum; Systemic phaeohyphomycosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; LIVER; MYCOSES;

ATAXIA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DACTYLARIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FUNGI; OCHROCONIS;

EID: 33751253420     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 03009858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.43-6-988     Document Type: Article

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