High rate of Microsporum canis feline and canine dermatophytoses in Northeast Brazil: Epidemiological and diagnostic features

Mycopathologia

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-308

  Brilhante, R S N ^a,b,c   Cavalcante, C S P ^a   Soares Junior, F A ^a   Cordeiro, R A ^b   Sidrim, J J C ^b   Rocha, M F G ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cats and dogs; Dermatophytoses; Diagnosis; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORUM; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSPORUM; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHRODERMA BENHAMIAE; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; ARTHRODERMATACEAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MICROSPORUM; MICROSPORUM CANIS; TRICHOPHYTON;

EID: 0344304551     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000003582.67122.69     Document Type: Article

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