Associate Professor Mark Krockenberger
Veterinary Pathology
Faculty of Veterinary Science
Ph:+61 2 9351 2023
Fax:+61 2 9351 7421
Mob:+61 431 658 494e
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Room 249, B14 - McMaster Building
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Qualifications
BSc(Vet), BVSc, PhD
Teaching Areas
Veterinary Pathology
Administration
Thyne Reid Unit Leader
Veterinary Pathology Unit of Study Coordinator
Research
The Host-Pathogen-Environment Interactions of Cryptococcosis, Diseases of koalas,
Diseases of Australian Wildlife,
Diagnostic use of Immunohistochemistry in soft tissue tumours of cats and dogs.
Contribution to the Community
Diagnostic Histopathology,
Wildlife Pathology.
Selected Publications
Lester S, Kowalewich N, Bartlett KH, Krockenberger MB, Fairfax T, Malik R (In Press). A clinicopathological evaluation of a cryptococcal outbreak : 38 cases, January 2003 to July 2003. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Begg LM, Hughes K, Kessell A, Krockenberger MB, Wigney DI, Malik R (In Press). Successful treatment of cryptococcal pneumonia in a pony mare.
O'Brien CR, Krockenberger MB, Wigney DI, Martin P, Malik R (In Press). Cryptococcosis: A study of 155 Feline and 39 Canine Cases. Medical Mycology.
Kluger EK, Della Torre PK, Martin P, Krockenberger MB, Malik R (In Press). Concurrent Fusarium chlamydosporum and Microspaeropsis arundinis infections in a cat. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.
Krockenberger MB, Canfield PJ, Malik R (2003). Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): A review of 43 cases of cryptococcosis. Medical Mycology 41:225-234.
Malik R, Krockenberger MB, Cross G, Doneley R, Madill DN, Black D, McWhirter P, Rozenwax A, Rose K, Alley M, Forshaw D, Russell-Brown I, Johnstone AC, Martin P, O'Brien CR, Love DN (2003). Avian cryptococcosis. Medical Mycology 41:115-124
O'Brien C, Krockenberger MB, Martin P, Parkes H, Kidd M, Malik R (2003). Disseminated melioidosis in two cats. Journal of Feline Medicine & Surgery 5:83-89
Cole N, Krockenberger MB, Stapleton F, Khan S, Hume E, Husband AJ, Willcox M (2003). Experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis in IL-10 gene knockout mice. Infection and Immunity 71(3):1328-1336
Krockenberger MB, Canfield PJ, Barnes J, Vogelnest L, Connolly J, Ley C, Malik R (2002). Cryptococcus neoformans in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): Serological evidence for subclinical cryptococcosis. Medical Mycology 40:273-282
Malik R, Alderton B, Finlaison D, Krockenberger MB, Karaoglu H, Meyer W, Martin P, France MP, McGill J, Lester SJ, O'Brien CR, Love DN (2002). Cryptococcosis in ferrets: A wide spectrum of clinical disease. Australian Veterinary Journal 80(12)
Krockenberger MB, Canfield PJ, Malik R (2002). Cryptococcus neoformans in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): Colonisation by variety gattii and investigation of environmental sources. Medical Mycology 40:263-272
Wright L, Bubb W, Davidson J, Santangelo R, Krockenberger MB, Himmelreich U, Sorrell T(2002). Comparison of extracellular metabolite production by Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans and var. gattii and effects of metabolites on human neutrophils. Microbes & Infection 4:1427-1438
Krockenberger MB, Canfield PJ, Malik R (2002). What koalas are trying to tell us about cryptococcosis. Microbiology Australia 23(3):29-30.
Liptak JM, Allan GS, Krockenberger MB, Davis PE, Malik R (2002). Radiographic diagnosis - Intramedullary extrusion of an intervertebral disc. Veterinary Radiology 43(3):272-274.
Canfield PJ, Krockenberger MB (2002). An interactive, student centred approach, adopting the SOLO taxonomy, for the learning of analysis of laboratory data in Veterinary Clinical Pathology. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 29(1): 56-61.
Vilcins I, Krockenberger MB, Agus H, Carter D(2002). Environmental sampling for Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from the Blue Mountains National Park, Sydney, Australia. Medical Mycology 40: 53-60
Mandrioli L, Bettini G, Marcato PS, Benazzi C, Della Salda L, Krockenberger MB, Jensen HE (2002). Cerebral cryptococcoma in a cat. Journal of the Veterinary Medical Association 49:526-530.
Krockenberger MB, Canfield PJ, Kozel TR, Ikeda R, Shinoda T, Wigney DI, Martin P, Wadwell K, Malik R (2001). An immunohistochemical method to differentiate between Cryptococcus neoformans varieties and serotypes in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. Medical Mycology 39: 523-533.
Cole N, Krockenberger MB, Bao S, Beagley K, Husband AJ, Willcox M (2001). Effects of Exogenous IL-6 during Pseudomonas aeruginosa corneal infection. Infection and Immunity, 69(6): 4116-4119.
Foster S, Charles JA, Parker G, Churcher RM, Krockenberger MB, Malik R (2000). Cerebral cryptococcoma in a cat. Journal of Feline Medicine & Surgery 2: 201-206.
Connolly JH, Krockenberger MB, Malik R, Canfield PJ, Wigney DI, Muir DB (1999). Asymptomatic carriage of Cryptococcus neoformans in the nasal cavity of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Medical Mycology 37(5): 331-338.
Halliday CL, Bui T, Krockenberger MB, Malik R, Ellis DH, Carter DA (1999). Presence of a and a mating types in environmental and clinical collections of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii from Australia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 37(9): 2920-2926.
Krockenberger MB, Bryden MM (1994). Rate of passage of digesta through the alimentary tract of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)(Carnivora: Phocidae). Journal of Zoology (Lond.) (1994) 234: 229-237.
Krockenberger MB, Bryden MM (1993). Energy Intake of Immature Southern Elephant Seals, Mirounga leonina (Carnivora: Phocidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, (1993), 41: 589-597.