Canine sporotrichosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Clinical presentation, laboratory diagnosis and therapeutic response in 44 cases (1998-2003)

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-92

  Schubach, Tânia M P ^a   Schubach, Armando ^a   Okamoto, Thais ^a   Barros, Mônica B L ^a   Borges Figueiredo, Fabiano ^a   Cuzzi, Tullia ^a   Pereira, Sandro A ^a   Dos Santos, Isabele B ^a,b   De Almeida Paes, Rodrigo ^a   De Paes Leme, Luiz Rodrigo ^a,b   Wanke, Bodo ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dogs; Drug therapy; Sporothrix schenckii; Sporotrichosis

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; SKIN BIOPSY; SPOROTRICHOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULITIS; VOMITING;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; BRAZIL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; MALE; SKIN; SKIN ULCER; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 31344467511     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500148186     Document Type: Article

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