Malassezia pachydermatis and M nana predominate amongst the cutaneous mycobiota of Sphynx cats

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 917-922

  Volk, Andrea V ^a   Belyavin, Clare E ^a   Varjonen, Katarina ^a   Cadiergues, Marie Christine ^a,b   Stevens, Kim B ^a   Bond, Ross ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MYCOTA;

EID: 78649710389     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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