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Successful treatment of four cases of feline cryptococcosis
Author(s) -
WILKINSON G. T.,
BATE MARY J.,
ROBINS G. M.,
CROKER ANABELLE
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1983.tb00393.x
Subject(s) - medicine , clearance , cats , cryptococcosis , skin lesion , fluconazole , antifungal , flucytosine , dermatology , amphotericin b , surgery , pathology , urology
Four cases of feline cryptococcosis, with lesions mainly confined to the nasal passages and skin, were treated orally with the antifungal agent, 5‐fluorocytosine, augmented in two cases by intradermal injections of an autogeneous vaccine. The cats were all Siamese. Treatment was successful although one cat showed recurrence of skin lesions when 5‐fluorocytosine therapy was discontinued, but the condition cleared after a further course of the agent. No untoward side‐effects were observed.