Treatment abandonment in feline sporotrichosis - study of 147 cases

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-153

  Chaves, A R ^a   de Campos, M P ^a   Barros, M B L ^a   do Carmo, C N ^b   Gremiao I D F ^a   Pereira, S A ^a   Schubach, T M P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Cat; Sporotrichosis; Therapeutics; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; DEATH; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SPOROTRICHOSIS; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CATS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOROTRICHOSIS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE;

EID: 84873275176     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2012.01506.x     Document Type: Article

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