Cryptococcosis outbreak in psittacine birds in Brazil

Medical Mycology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 355-362

  Raso, T F ^a   Werther, Karin ^a   Miranda, E T ^a   Mendes Giannini, M J S ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avian; Brazil; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii; Psittacine birds

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BEAK; BRAZIL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COORDINATION; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLYING; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PSITTACINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPLEEN; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BRAZIL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; PSITTACIFORMES;

AVES; CHARMOSYNA; CHARMOSYNA PAPOU; CRYPTOCOCCUS BACILLISPORUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS SP.; ERITHACUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; LORIUS; LORIUS LORY; PSITTACIFORMES; PSITTACULA; PSITTACULA KRAMERI; PSITTACUS ERITHACUS; TRICHOGLOSSUS;

EID: 4544384341     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780410001712061     Document Type: Article

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