First case of feline systemic Cryptococcus albidusinfection

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-77

  Kano, Rui ^a   Kitagawa, Masato ^a   Oota, Shigeo ^a   Oosumi, Takafumi ^a   Murakami, Yoshihiko ^a   Tokuriki, Mikihiko ^a   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus albidus; Feline; First case; Systemic infection

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; PREDNISONE; RIBOSOME DNA; VORICONAZOLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HINDLIMB; LIVER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALYSIS; SPLEEN; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FATAL OUTCOME; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S;

CRYPTOCOCCUS ALBIDUS; FELIDAE;

EID: 39749118584     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701541106     Document Type: Article

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