Intranasal infusion of clotrimazole for the treatment of nasal aspergillosis in two cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1188-1193

  Furrow, Eva ^a,b   Groman, Reid P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CLOTRIMAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLOTRIMAZOLE; FEMALE; NOSE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS;

EID: 71849111913     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.235.10.1188     Document Type: Article

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