Multifocal Cryptococcus Neoformans var. Neoforms: Infection, treatment, and monitoring by serial computed tomography in a schmidt's red-tailed guenon (Cercopithecus Ascanius Schmidti)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 728-736

  Nevitt, Benjamin N ^a   Langan, Jennifer N ^a,b   Adkesson, Michael J ^b   Delaney, Martha A ^a   Rubin, David A ^c   Muhlbauer, Michael C ^d   Colegrove, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Veterinary Imaging Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecus; Computed tomography; Cryptococcus neoformans; Fluconazole; Fungal disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; LUNG MYCOSIS; MONKEY DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CERCOPITHECUS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MONKEY DISEASES; PREGNANCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84884278108     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2013-0063.1     Document Type: Article

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