Fungal diseases of laboratory rodents

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 401-413

  Pollock, Christal ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CAPTAN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GRISEOFULVIN; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; LYMDYP; MICONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE NITRATE; ORTHOCAPTAN; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; POVIDONE IODINE; SHAMPOO; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TERBINAFINE; TOLCICLATE; TOLNAFTATE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ASPERGILLOSIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG PENETRATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GERBIL; GUINEA PIG; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; RAT; REVIEW; RODENT DISEASE; SPOROTRICHOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CAVIA PORCELLUS; GERBILLINAE; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA; TINEA; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0038348640     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1094-9194(03)00012-4     Document Type: Review

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