Population sizes and frequency of isolation of Malassezia yeasts from healthy pet cats

Journal de Mycologie Medicale

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 158-161

  Bensignor, E ^a   Weill, F X ^b   Couprie, B ^c  

^a CLINIQUE VÉTÉRINAIRE   (France)

^b Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cat; Cytology; Malassezia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CERUMEN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CYTOLOGY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; MALASSEZIA; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032755476     PISSN: 11565233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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