Fungal rhinitis and sinusitis in three cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1380-1384+1365

  Tomsa, Kamil ^a,c   Glaus, Tony M ^a   Zimmer, Cindy ^a,c   Greene, Craig E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Praxis Dr Fretz ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTRIMAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; ITRACONAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CAT; DRUG EFFICACY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; PENICILLIUM; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLOTRIMAZOLE; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; FEMALE; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MYCOSES; NASAL CAVITY; PENICILLIUM; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM;

EID: 0038626656     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.1380     Document Type: Article

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