Spinal Cryptococcoma in an Immunocompetent Cat

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 246-251

  Belluco, S ^a   Thibaud, J L ^b   Guillot, J ^b   Krockenberger, M B ^c   Wyers, M ^a   Blot, S ^b   Colle, M A ^a  

^a INRA UMR 703   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cat; cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus neoformans; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEATH; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROID CELL; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS VAR. GRUBII; FELIDAE; FELINE CORONAVIRUS; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 54949143537     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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