Aeromonas hydrophila septicaemia in a grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) from the Baltic Sea: A case study

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-49

  Krovacek, Karel ^a   Huang, Kui ^a   Sternberg, Susanna ^a   Svenson, Stefan B ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Seal; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; VEROTOXIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; LUNG; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAL; SEPTICEMIA; SPLEEN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL TOXINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; LUNG; OCEANS AND SEAS; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; SEALS, EARLESS; SEPSIS; SPLEEN; SWEDEN; TOXICITY TESTS;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MORBILLIVIRUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0031948956     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-9571(97)00015-5     Document Type: Article

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