Antifungal effect of Australian tea tree oil on Malassezia pachydermatis isolated from canines suffering from cutaneous skin disease

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 215-221

  Weseler, A ^a   Geiss, H K ^b   Saller, R ^c   Reichling, J ^a,b  

^a Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Dermatitis; Dog; Malassezia pachydermatis; Tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

TEA TREE OIL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALASSEZIA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MALASSEZIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TEA TREE OIL;

EID: 0036562061     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.144.5.215     Document Type: Article

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