Carriage of Malassezia spp. yeasts in healthy and seborrhoeic Devon Rex cats

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 449-455

  Ahman S ^a   Perrins, N ^b   Bond, R ^b  

^a Barton Veterinary Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cat; Devon Rex; Malassezia pachydermatis; Malassezia slooffiae; Skin

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL RNA; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INGUINAL REGION; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SIZE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEBORRHEA; SKIN CULTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE;

EID: 34547558990     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701377170     Document Type: Article

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