Mycobacterial neuritis in a cat

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 216, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1589-1591

  Paulsen, Daniel B ^a   Kern, Margaret R ^a   Weigand, Claire M ^a,b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rowley Memorial Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS;

CLOFAZIMINE; ENROFLOXACIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CAT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; NEURITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SCIATIC NERVE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BIOPSY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLOFAZIMINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HINDLIMB; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; NEURITIS; PARALYSIS; QUINOLONES; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0034657789     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.216.1589     Document Type: Article

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