Multimodal treatment of recurrent sinonasal cryptococcal granulomas in a horse

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 723-730

  Stewart, Allison J ^a   Salazar, Tricia ^a,b   Waldridge, Bryan M ^a,c   Schumacher, John ^a   Welles, Elizabeth G ^a   Hanson, R Reid ^a   Sartin, Eva A ^a   Lenz, Stephen D ^a,d   Holland, Merrilee ^a   Beard, Debra M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NOSE DISEASES;

EQUIDAE; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

EID: 70349628968     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.235.6.723     Document Type: Article

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