Comparison of serologic evaluation via agar gel immunodiffusion and fungal culture of tissue for diagnosis of nasal aspergillosis in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 230, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1319-1323

  Pomrantz, Jill S ^a,b   Johnson, Lynelle R ^a   Nelson, Richard W ^a   Wisner, Erik R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE TUMOR; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MALE; NOSE DISEASES; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI;

EID: 34247842750     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.230.9.1319     Document Type: Article

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