Mycotic Encephalitis and Nephritis in a Dog due to Infection with Cladosporium cladosporioides

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-63

  Poutahidis, T ^a,b   Angelopoulou, K ^a   Karamanavi, E ^a   Polizopoulou, Z S ^a   Doulberis, M ^a   Latsari, M ^a   Kaldrymidou, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladosporium cladosporioides; dog; encephalitis; nephritis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN NECROSIS; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG DISEASE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NEPHRITIS; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLADOSPORIUM; DNA, FUNGAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; NEPHRITIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; FUNGI;

EID: 58149247926     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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