Primary conjunctival sporotrichosis: Two cases from a zoonotic epidemic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 491-493

  Schubach, Armando ^a   Bastos De Lima Barros, Mônica ^a   Pacheco Schubach, Tânia Maria ^a   Francesconi Do Valle, Antônio Carlos ^a   Gutierrez Galhardo, Maria Clara ^a   Sued, Márcio ^a   De Matos Salgueiro, Mariza ^a   Fialho Monteiro, Paulo Cezar ^a   Santos Reis, Rosani ^a   Feldman Marzochi, Keyla Belizia ^a   Wanke, Bodo ^a   Conceição Silva, Fátima ^b  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cat; Conjunctival; Sporothrix schenckii; Sporotrichosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; SPOROTRICHOSIS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 20944444485     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000151504.26695.3e     Document Type: Review

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