Carriage of Malassezia spp. yeasts in cats with diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism and neoplasia

Medical Mycology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 541-546

  Perrins, Natalie ^a   Gaudiano, Frances ^a   Bond, Ross ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cat; M. nana; M. slooffiae; Malassezia pachydermatis; Skin

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LYMPHOMA; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA NANA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE; MALE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TORULOPSIDALES;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CULTURE MEDIA; DERMATOMYCOSES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALASSEZIA; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

FELIDAE; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA NANA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE;

EID: 34548246625     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780701435333     Document Type: Article

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