Cutaneous hyalohyphomycosis caused by a Chrysosporium species related to Nannizziopsis vriesii in two green iguanas (Iguana iguana)

Medical Mycology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-354

  Abarca, M L ^a   Martorell, J ^a   Castella G ^a   Ramis, A ^a   Cabanes F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chrysosporium; Hyalohyphomycosis; Iguana; Nannizziopsis vriesii; Pet reptiles

Indexed keywords

BUTORPHANOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; ENROFLOXACIN; KETOCONAZOLE; TERBINAFINE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRYSOSPORIUM; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS HYPHAE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYALOHYPOMYCOSIS; LIZARD; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NANNIZZIOPSIS VRIESII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN HYPERTROPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHRYSOSPORIUM; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; IGUANAS; KETOCONAZOLE; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SKIN;

CHRYSOSPORIUM; IGUANA; IGUANA IGUANA; NANNIZZIOPSIS VRIESII; REPTILIA;

EID: 42349093218     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701851711     Document Type: Article

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