Meningoencephalitis secondary to bacterial otitis media/interna in a dog

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 239-243

  Spangler, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Dewey, Curtis W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (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; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; LABYRINTHITIS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; RADIOGRAPHY; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; LABYRINTHITIS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034185162     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-36-3-239     Document Type: Article

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