Diagnosis and treatment of blastomycosis affecting the nose and nasopharynx of a dog

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1112-1116

  Wehner, Astrid ^a,c   Crochik, Sonia ^a   Howerth, Elizabeth W ^a,b   Koenig, Amie ^a  

^a Department of Small Animal Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNX DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLASTOMYCES; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 54049158602     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.7.1112     Document Type: Article

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