Medical and surgical treatment of pyothorax in dogs: 26 Cases (1991-2001)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 86-92

  Rooney, Matthew B ^a   Monnet, Eric ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOG; EXCISION; FEMALE; LAVAGE; LUNG INJURY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA EMPYEMA; PLEURA FLUID; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORACOTOMY; THORAX DRAINAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0036662873     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.86     Document Type: Article

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