Isolation of Malassezia furfur from a cat.
During a survey of the occurrence of Malassezia species in the external ear canals of cats without otitis externa, Malassezia furfur was isolated. This is the first report of the isolation of M. furfur from cats.
Crespo
M J
MJ
Departament de Patologia i Producció Animals (Microbiologia), Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193-Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain.
Abarca
M L
ML
Cabañes
F J
FJ
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D008290:Malassezia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male