Feline Nasal Granuloma Due to Cryptoccocus gattii Type VGII

Mycopathologia

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 303-307

  Cardoso, Pedro Henrique Magalhães ^a   Baroni, Francisco De Assis ^b   Silva, Eriques Gonçalves ^a   Nascimento, Diana Costa ^a   Martins, Marilena Dos Anjos ^c   Szezs, Walderez ^c   Paula, Claudete Rodrigues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal; Cat; Cryptococcosis; Cryptococcus gattii; Cryptococcus neoformans

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FELIDAE; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NOSE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS GATTII; FLUCYTOSINE; GRANULOMA; ITRACONAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NOSE DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84884903899     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-013-9686-4     Document Type: Article

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