Feline-transmitted sporotrichosis: A case study from California

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Rees, Rachel K ^a   Swartzberg, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; ITRACONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PAPULE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SKIN ULCER; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; SPOROTRICHOSIS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SPOROTHRIX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITRACONAZOLE; SPOROTHRIX; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960737399     PISSN: 10872108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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