Occurrence and population size of Malassezia spp. in the external ear canal of dogs and cats both healthy and with otitis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-149

  Cafarchia, Claudia ^a   Gallo, Sabrina ^a   Capelli, Gioia ^b   Otranto, Domenico ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Malassezia globosa; Malassezia pachydermatis; Otitis; Population size; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EXTERNAL EAR; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EAR CANAL; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; OTITIS EXTERNA; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA GLOBOSA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

EID: 25444478571     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-005-0151-x     Document Type: Article

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