Mycological evaluation of bronchoalveolar lavage in cats with respiratory signs from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 210-214

  Leme, L R P ^a,b   Schubach, T M P ^b   Santos, I B ^b   Figueiredo, F B ^b   Pereira, S A ^b   Reis, R S ^b   Mello, M F V ^b   Ferreira, A M R ^b   Quintella, L P ^a   Schubach, A O ^a  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Cat; Respiratory tract diseases; Sporotrichosis

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAZIL; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MYCOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; SNEEZING; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS;

ANIMALIA; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII;

EID: 34247876100     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01358.x     Document Type: Article

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