Use of computerized image analysis to quantify staphylococcal adhesion to canine corneocytes: Does breed and body site have any relevance to the pathogenesis of pyoderma?

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-37

  Forsythe, Peter J ^a,b   Hill, Peter B ^a   Thoday, Keith L ^a   Brown, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Lugton Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherence; Corneocyte; Dog; Quantification; Skin; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGMOIDEA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CANIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYODERMA; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BREEDING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYODERMA; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0036480923     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0959-4493.2001.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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