Brain and lung cryptococcoma and concurrent Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in a goat: A case report

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 553-561

  Luvizotto, M C R ^a   Carreira, V S ^a   Ferrari, H F ^a   Ribeiro, D ^b   Vallim, M A ^c   Vasco, A ^b   Cardoso, Tereza Cristina ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis; Cryptococcus gattii; Goat; Meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAZIL; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GOAT; HISTOLOGY; LIVER ABSCESS; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN ABSCESS; YEAST;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII;

EID: 70349671376     PISSN: 16789199     EISSN: 16789199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-91992009000300015     Document Type: Article

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