Isolation of Malassezia spp. from cerumen of wild felids

Medical Mycology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 383-387

  Dall' Acqua Coutinho, Selene ^a,c   Fedullo, José Daniel ^b   Corrêa, Sandra Helena ^b  

^a PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Parque Zoologico de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ear canal; Malassezia pachydermatis; Malassezia sympodialis; Microbiota; Wild felids

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; OLIVE OIL;

ARTICLE; CAT; CHEETAH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FELIDAE; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; LION; MALASSEZIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PUMA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIGER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CERUMEN; CULTURE MEDIA; FELIDAE; FEMALE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MYCOLOGICAL TYPING TECHNIQUES;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA; DASYURUS; FELIDAE; FUNGI; HERPAILURUS; HERPAILURUS YAGUARONDI; LEOPARDUS TIGRINUS; LEOPARDUS WIEDII; LEPTAILURUS SERVAL; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALASSEZIA SYMPODIALIS; MAMMALIA; ONCIFELIS COLOCOLO; ONCIFELIS GEOFFROYI; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA ONCA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 33745233490     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500411006     Document Type: Article

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