Long-term surveillance and treatment of subclinical cryptococcosis and nasal colonization by Cryptococcus neoformans and C. gattii species complex in captive koalas (Phascolarctes cinereus)

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 291-298

  Kido, Nobuhide ^a   Makimura, Koichi ^b   Kamegaya, Chihiro ^a   Shindo, Izumi ^a   Shibata, Eri ^a   Omiya, Tomoko ^a   Yamamoto, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a Nogeyama Zoological Gardens   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans; Koala; Kubclinical cryptococcosis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; ITRACONAZOLE; TORACONA; TYLOXAPOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; KOALA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NOSE SMEAR; PATHOLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGEMIA; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; PHASCOLARCTIDAE;

EID: 84858406796     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.594967     Document Type: Article

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