Purulent pericarditis as a sequela to clostridial myositis in a horse

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 636-640

  May, K A ^a,b   Cheramie, H S ^a,c   Howard, R D ^a   Duesterdieck, K ^a   Moll, H D ^a,d   Pleasant, R S ^a   Pyle, R L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Surgi Care Center for Horses   (United States)

^c Lewis D'Amato Brisbois and Bisgaard LLP   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Clostridial myositis; Horse; Pericarditis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM; PHENYLBUTAZONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GAS GANGRENE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HORSE DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABSCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYOSITIS; WOUND DRAINAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MYOSITIS; PERICARDITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036716137     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516402776180278     Document Type: Article

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