Bacterial contamination of suction tips used during surgical procedures performed on dogs and cats

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 779-783

  Sturgeon, Catherine ^a   Lamport, Anne I ^a   Lloyd, David H ^a   Muir, Peter ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAT; DOG; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUCTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CATS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOGS; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUCTION; SURGERY, VETERINARY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034221173     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.779     Document Type: Article

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