Christopher Lee, DVM, MPH, DACVPM, DACVM (Parasitology), discusses the clinical significance of Toxoplasma gondii, when veterinary professionals should consider testing, and how to communicate the risks of exposure to clients.
|Articles|February 22, 2012
Case 10, Answer 8d
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Try again. Fungal cultures are difficult to do and pose a potential zoonotic risk, so they are of limited use when evaluating response to therapy. Fungal cultures would also require obtaining samples of respiratory cells or secretions, which would involve bronchoscopy.
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