First report of a Cryptococcus magnus infection in a cat

Medical Mycology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1000-1004

  Poth, T ^a   Seibold, M ^b   Werckenthin, C ^a   Hermanns, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus magnus; Feline; Lymphadenitis; Myositis

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS MAGNUS; DERMATITIS; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOLOGY; LIMB AMPUTATION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENITIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MYOSITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANNICULITIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN NODULE; SKIN REDNESS; TISSUE CULTURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DNA, INTERGENIC; FLUCONAZOLE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

CRYPTOCOCCUS MAGNUS; FELIDAE; FUNGI;

EID: 77957725644     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2010.489584     Document Type: Article

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