Cutaneous Alternaria infectoria infection in a dog in association with therapeutic immunosuppression for the management of immune-mediated haemolytic anaemia

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 626-634

  Dedola, Carla ^a   Stuart, Alasdair P G ^b   Ridyard, Alison E ^b   Else, Roderick W ^b   Van Den Broek, Adri H M ^a   Choi, Jong Soo ^c   Sybren De Hoog, G ^d   Thoday, Keith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d CBS KNAW FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ALTERNARIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

ALTERNARIA; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANIMALS; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; PREDNISOLONE; SKIN;

ALTERNARIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI; LEWIA INFECTORIA;

EID: 78349272788     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2009.00875.x     Document Type: Article

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