Cryptococcosis and domestic animals;Criptococosis y animales de compañía

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Castellá, Gemma ^a   Abarca, M Lourdes ^a   Cabañes, F Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cat; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; Dog; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANIMAL DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FUNGUS; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FELIDAE; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 42049123657     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1130-1406(08)70021-4     Document Type: Review

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