Microsporum gypseum isolated from a feline case of dermatophytosis

Mycoses

Volumn 44, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 338-341

  Kano, Rui ^a   Yasuda, K ^b   Nakamura, Y ^c   Hasegawa, A ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yasuda Animal Hospital   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Chitin synthase 1; Mating; Microsporum gypseum; RAPD

Indexed keywords

AGAR; CHITIN SYNTHASE; DNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORUM GYPSEUM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; DNA, FUNGAL; FEMALE; MICROSPORUM; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI; MICROSPORUM;

EID: 0035788277     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0507.2001.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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