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Feline sporotrichosis: A case report

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The isolation of Sporothrix schenckii from a female European cat it is described. The cat showed lengthened alopecic areas, with prominent nodules in the external surface of the thighs and abdomen. A mycological and histopathological studies of the lesions were carried out. The lesions resolved under treatment with 20% potassium iodide in doses of 0'1 ml/kg oral route in a 8 weeks period.

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  1. Departamento de Patologia Animal, Unidad de Microbiologia e Inmunologia, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, España

    J. F. Gonzalez Cabo & M. V. Latre Cequiel

  2. Departamento de Patologia Animal, Unidad de Histologia y Anatomia Patológica, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza, España

    M. de las Heras Guillamon & J. A. Garcia de Jalon Ciercoles

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Gonzalez Cabo, J.F., de las Heras Guillamon, M., Latre Cequiel, M.V. et al. Feline sporotrichosis: A case report. Mycopathologia 108, 149–154 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00436219

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