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Cerebral mucomysosis following experimental inoculation with Mortierella wolfii

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A strain of Mortierella wolfti isolated from a case of bovine mycotic abortion in the United Kingdom did not produce disease in mice when inoculated by the intraperitoneal, intramuscular, intravenous or subcutaneous routes. When injected by the intracerebral route, it induced a chronic granulomatous infection of the brain resulting in hydrocephalus and eventually death.

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  1. Central Veterinary Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Weybridge, Surrey, England

    M. J. Corbel & Susan M. Eades

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Corbel, M.J., Eades, S.M. Cerebral mucomysosis following experimental inoculation with Mortierella wolfii. Mycopathologia 60, 129–133 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00448403

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