Clinical and imaging findings in five dogs with intracranial blastomycosis (Blastomyces dermatiditis

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 241-249

  Hecht, Silke ^a   Adams, William H ^a   Smith, Joanne R ^b   Thomas, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLASTOMYCES; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79960480229     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: 15473317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/JAAHA-MS-5573     Document Type: Article

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