Bacteria associated with pyothorax of dogs and cats: 98 cases (1989-1998)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 359-363

  Walker, Amy L ^a,b   Jang, Spencer S ^a   Hirsh, Dwight C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Main Street Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FELIS CATUS; PASTEURELLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFTIZOXIME; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAT; DOG; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; IN VITRO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOCENTESIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PASTEURELLA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034141215     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.216.359     Document Type: Article

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