Occurrence, distribution and population size of Malassezia pachydermatis on skin and mucosae of atopic dogs

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 172-177

  Nardoni, Simona ^a   Dini, Monica ^a   Taccini, Fabrizio ^a   Mancianti, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atopic disease; Dog; Malassezia pachydermatis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANUS; ARTICLE; ATOPY; AXILLA; BODY REGIONS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONJUNCTIVA; DOG DISEASE; EAR; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; FUNGAL DETECTION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; INGUINAL REGION; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALE; NAIL; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM GROUP SIZE; PERIANAL GLAND; PERINEUM; POPULATION SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN APPENDAGE; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

EID: 34247177121     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.12.023     Document Type: Article

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