Bilateral orbital and nasal aspergillosis in a cat

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 176-182

  Barachetti, Laura ^a   Mortellaro, Carlo M ^a   Di Giancamillo, Mauro ^a   Giudice, Chiara ^a   Martino, Pieranna ^b   Travetti, Olga ^a   Miller, Paul E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Cat; Exophthalmos; Mycosis; Orbit; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EYE DISEASES; MALE; NOSE DISEASES;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 65349132978     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2009.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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