Cutaneous pythiosis in a Red Brangus beef calf cured by immunotherapy

Pythiosis in Southern USA have been increasingly reported in the past ten years. The infection occurs more frequently in dogs and horses inhabiting the endemic areas. Cases of the disease are rarely diagnosed in other species including humans. Herein, we describe the first case of bovine pythiosis i...

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Autores principales: Grant, Derek, Glass, Robert, Hansen, Richard, Vilela, Raquel, Mendoza, Leonel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5154966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27995050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.11.005
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description Pythiosis in Southern USA have been increasingly reported in the past ten years. The infection occurs more frequently in dogs and horses inhabiting the endemic areas. Cases of the disease are rarely diagnosed in other species including humans. Herein, we describe the first case of bovine pythiosis in a breed other than Brahman successfully treated by the used of immunotherapy.
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spelling pubmed-51549662016-12-19 Cutaneous pythiosis in a Red Brangus beef calf cured by immunotherapy Grant, Derek Glass, Robert Hansen, Richard Vilela, Raquel Mendoza, Leonel Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Pythiosis in Southern USA have been increasingly reported in the past ten years. The infection occurs more frequently in dogs and horses inhabiting the endemic areas. Cases of the disease are rarely diagnosed in other species including humans. Herein, we describe the first case of bovine pythiosis in a breed other than Brahman successfully treated by the used of immunotherapy. Elsevier 2016-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC5154966/ /pubmed/27995050 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2016.11.005 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5154966/
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