Isolation of Helicobacter canis from a Colony of Bengal cats with endemic diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3271-3275

  Foley, Janet E ^a   Marks, Stanley L ^a   Munson, Linda ^a   Melli, Ann ^a   Dewhirst, Floyd E ^b   Yu, Shilu ^c   Shen, Zeli ^c   Fox, James G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAT; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTERITIS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER CANIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOONOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER HELVETICUS; CANIS; FELIS CATUS; HELICOBACTER CANIS; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS;

EID: 0032868123     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3271-3275.1999     Document Type: Article

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