Cerebral Blastomyces dermatitidis infection in a cat

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 231, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1210-1214

  Smith, Jo R ^a   Legendre, Alfred M ^a   Thomas, William B ^a   Leblanc, Casey J ^a   Lamkin, Cathy ^b   Avenell, James S ^c   Wall, Jonathan S ^c   Hecht, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Jefferson Animal Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; BRAIN DISEASES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS;

EID: 35948943137     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.231.8.1210     Document Type: Article

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