Assessing the relationship between Malassezia and leishmaniasis in dogs with or without skin lesions

Acta Tropica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-29

  Cafarchia, Claudia ^a   Gallo, Sabrina ^a   Danesi, Patrizia ^b   Capelli, Gioia ^b   Paradies, Paola ^a   Traversa, Donato ^c   Gasser, Robin B ^d   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dog; Leishmania infantum; Malassezia pachydermatis; Phospholipase

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL DISEASE; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITE INFESTATION; PHOSPHOLIPID; POPULATION SIZE; SKIN DISORDER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALASSEZIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SKIN CULTURE;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMORBIDITY; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOGS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALASSEZIA; PHOSPHOLIPASES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

EID: 44649154974     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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