Canine monocytic ehrlichiosis presenting as acute blindness 36 months after importation into the UK

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 263-265

  Gould, D J ^a   Murphy, K ^a   Rudorf, H ^a   Crispin, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; BLINDNESS; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; RETINA DETACHMENT; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UVEITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLINDNESS; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EYE HEMORRHAGE; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; GREAT BRITAIN; ITALY; MALE; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; TRAVEL; UVEITIS;

EID: 0034201549     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2000.tb03937.x     Document Type: Article

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