First case of cryptococcosis in a new species of bandicoot (Bandicota indica) caused by Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-93

  Singh, S M ^a   Naidu, J ^b   Sharma, A ^a   Nawange, S R ^a   Singh, K ^c  

^a RANI DURGAVATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BANDICOTA INDICA; BRAIN; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INDIA; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MURINAE; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; BANDICOTA INDICA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; PERAMELIDAE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; MALE; MURINAE; RODENT DISEASES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 34249708522     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780600967253     Document Type: Article

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