Evaluation of an epidemic of sporotrichosis in cats: 347 Cases (1998-2001)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1623-1629

  Schubach, Tânia M P ^a   Schubach, Armando ^a   Okamoto, Thais ^a,c   Barros, Mônica B L ^a   Figueiredo, Fabiano Borges ^a   Cuzzi, Tullia ^a   Fialho Monteiro, Paulo C ^a   Reis, Rosani S ^a   Perez, Mauricio A ^a,b   Wanke, Bodo ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Prog de Bolsas de Iniciacao Cie

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; SODIUM IODIDE; TERBINAFINE;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; CAT DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; FUNGI; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 2442631323     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.1623     Document Type: Review

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