Isolation of Sporothrix schenkii from the nails of healthy cats Isolamento de Sporothrix schenckii de unhas de gatos sadios

Many cases of sporotrichosis in cats were diagnosed in the town of Rio Grande, RS, Brazil, caused mainly by inoculation due to scratches. In this work, we evaluated the frequency of Sporothrix schenckii in the nails of healthy cats living together with cats showing clinical sporotrichosis. The isola...

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Main Authors: Lorena Leonardo de Souza, Patrícia da Silva Nascente, Márcia Oliveira Nobre, Ana Raquel Mano Meinerz, Mário Carlos Araújo Meireles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2006-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000300031