Malassezia pachydermatis: A review

Medical Mycology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 295-306

  Guillot, J ^a   Bond, R ^b  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lipophilic yeast; Malassezia pachydermatis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; MICONAZOLE; SELENIUM SULFIDE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; DERMATITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; TAXONOMY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; MALASSEZIA; OTITIS; SKIN;

EID: 0032848940     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-280X.1999.00237.x     Document Type: Review

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