Lecythophora hoffmannii isolated from a case of canine osteomyelitis in Japan

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-272

  Sakaeyama, Shin Ichi ^a   Sano, Ayako ^b   Murata, Yoshiteru ^b   Kamei, Katsuhiko ^b   Nishimura, Kazuko ^b   Hatai, Kishio ^c  

^a Akikawa Animal Hospital   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dog; Lecythophora hoffmannii; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; MICONAZOLE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; CACHEXIA; CLAUDICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; JAPAN; LECYTHOPORA HOFFMANNII; LEG AMPUTATION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; BIOPSY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; ITRACONAZOLE; JAPAN; KETOCONAZOLE; LYMPH NODES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOSES; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; OSTEOMYELITIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LECYTHOPHORA HOFFMANNII; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 34248187608     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780601188602     Document Type: Article

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