Two cases of feline orbital aspergillosis due to Aspergillus udagawae and A. viridinutans

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-10

  Kano, Rui ^a   Shibahashi, Ayami ^b   Fujino, Yasuhito ^c   Sakai, Hiroki ^b   Mori, Takashi ^b   Tsujimoto, Hajime ^c   Yanai, Tokuma ^b   Hasegawa, Atsuhiko ^d  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Feline; In vitro susceptibility test; Molecular identification; Orbital aspergillosis

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; PRIMER DNA; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORBIT; ORBIT TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SARCOMA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA PRIMERS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; ITRACONAZOLE; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORBIT; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBULIN;

EID: 84873265198     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.12-0119     Document Type: Article

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