Spinal Epidural Empyema in Two Dogs

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 305-308

  Dewey, Curtis W ^a,b   Kortz, Gregg D ^a   Bailey, Cleta S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EMPYEMA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEVER; HYPERESTHESIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYELOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARAPLEGIA; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EMPYEMA; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEVER; HYPERESTHESIA; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; PARAPLEGIA; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL DISEASES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032110581     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-34-4-305     Document Type: Article

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