Chromobacterium violaceum infection in a Free-ranging howler monkey in Costa Rica

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 306-310

  Baldl, Mario ^a   Morales, Juan A ^a   Hernández, Glovanna ^a   Jiménez, Mauricio ^a   Alfaro, Alejandro ^a   Barquero Calvo, Ellas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bacterial intection; Chromobacterium violaceum; Opportunistic pathogen; Wild primate

Indexed keywords

ALOUATTA; ALOUATTA PALLIATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; COCCOIDEA; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PRIMATES;

ALOUATTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CHROMOBACTERIUM; COSTA RICA; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MONKEY DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; WILD ANIMAL;

ALOUATTA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHROMOBACTERIUM; COSTA RICA; FATAL OUTCOME; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; SKIN;

EID: 77449090343     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.306     Document Type: Article

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