Quantitative bacterial cultures and cytological examination of bronchoalveolar lavage specimens in dogs

Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 534-541

  Peeters, Dominique E ^a   McKiernan, Brendan C ^a   Weisiger, Rita M ^a   Schaeffer, David J ^a   Clercx, Cecile ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; COUGHING; CYTOLOGY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COUGH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034276542     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2000.tb02272.x     Document Type: Article

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