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SUBMITTER: Byrnes EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2746702 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Byrnes Edmond J EJ Bildfell Robert J RJ Dearing Peggy L PL Valentine Beth A BA Heitman Joseph J
Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc 20090101 1
Cryptococcus gattii was isolated from a 1.5-year-old dog with systemic cryptococcosis in Oregon. The dog had no link to Vancouver Island or British Columbia, Canada. Samples from a nasal swab and from a granulomatous mass within the cranial cavity were pooled for culture. Colonies on Sabouraud dextrose agar were mucoid and exhibited bimorphic morphology, melanin-pigmented and unpigmented. Pigmented colonies were encapsulated budding spherical yeast, whereas unpigmented colonies were of unencapsu ...[more]