Isolation of Fusarium sp. from a claw of a dog with onychomycosis

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 965-969

  Namitome, Kazuko ^a,b   Kano, Rui ^c   Sekiguchi, Maiko ^d   Iwasaki, Toshiroh ^a   Kaneshima, Takashi ^b   Nishifuji, Koji ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Mizuhodai Animal Hospital   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canine; Claw; Fusarium; Infection; Onychomycosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGAL DNA; ITRACONAZOLE; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; GENETICS; HOOF AND CLAW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FOOT DERMATOSES; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HOOF AND CLAW; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SP.;

EID: 79961034132     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.11-0012     Document Type: Note

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