Canine diskospondylitis: Its etiology, diagnosis, and treatment

Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 673-681

  Betbeze, Caroline ^a   McLaughlin, Ron ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; ITRACONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BREED; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE DURATION; DOG DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERESTHESIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNITY; LAMINECTOMY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPONDYLITIS; TOOTH DISEASE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINE CULTURE; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0036751675     PISSN: 87507943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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