Actinobacillus sp. bacteremia in foals: Clinical signs and prognosis

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 464-471

  Stewart, Allison J ^a   Hinchcliff, Kenneth W ^a   Saville, William J A ^a   Jose Cunilleras, Eduard ^a   Hardy, Joanne ^a   Kohn, Catherine W ^a   Reed, Stephen M ^a   Kowalski, Joseph J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Horses; Neonatal septicemia; Sepsis score

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLOSIS; ACTINOBACILLUS; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACILLOSIS; ACTINOBACILLUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; OHIO; PROGNOSIS; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036634082     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2002.tb01266.x     Document Type: Article

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