Sporotrichosis with widespread cutaneous lesions: Report of 24 cases related to transmission by domestic cats in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 677-681

  Bastos De Lima Barros, Mônica ^a   De Oliveira Schubach, Armando ^a   Gutierrez Galhardo, Maria Clara ^a   Pacheco Schubach, Tânia Maria ^a   Santos Dos Reis, Rosani ^a   Conceiçcão, Maria José ^a   Francesconi Do Valle, Antônio Carlos ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; BITE WOUND; BRAZIL; CAT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; MALE; SCRATCHING; SKIN DEFECT; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0141482137     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.2003.01813.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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