Risk factors for nosocomial Salmonella infection among hospitalized horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 214, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1511-1516

  House, John K ^a   Mainar Jaime, Raúl C ^a,c   Smith, Bradford P ^a   House, Ann Marie ^a   Kamiya, Darin Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b School of Veterinary Medicine   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; CROSS INFECTION; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033561845     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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