Granulomatous lymphadenitis caused by Talaromyces helicus in a Labrador Retriever

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 553-557

  Tomlinson, Julie Kristy ^a   Cooley, Avery James ^a   Zhang, Shuping ^b   Johnson, Melanie Elaine ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mississippi Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergent domain; Dog; Fungal; ITS 1 ITS 2; PCR; Penicillium; rRNA genes

Indexed keywords

EID: 83055196849     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2011.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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