Disseminated Geosmithia argillacea infection in a German Shepherd dog

Medical Mycology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-226

  Grant, David C ^a   Sutton, Deanna A ^b   Sandberg, Christina A ^a   Tyler, Ronald D ^a   Thompson, Elizabeth H ^b   Romanelli, Anna M ^c   Wickes, Brian L ^c  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Geosmithia argillacea; German Shepherd dog

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CARPROFEN; DORZOLAMIDE; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TIMOLOL MALEATE; TRAMADOL; VORICONAZOLE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BUPHTHALMOS; DOG; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GEOSMITHIA ARGILLACEA; GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG; GLAUCOMA; HEMATURIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PYURIA; RETINA DETACHMENT; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TONOMETRY; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MYCOSES; SPONDYLITIS; TALAROMYCES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; URINE;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GEOSMITHIA ARGILLACEA; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 59249100469     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780802559023     Document Type: Article

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