Cerebral phaeohyphomycosis in a young female german shepherd

Australian Veterinary Practitioner

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 110-116

  Perkins, M C ^a   Martin, P ^a   Krockenberger, M B ^a   Weeks, K ^b   Malik, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BREED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CYTOLOGY; DEPRESSION; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; LUNG MYCOSIS; LYMPH NODE; MENINX; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHAEOHYPHOMYCOSIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; AUREOBASIDIUM; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI;

EID: 7244242178     PISSN: 0310138X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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