Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in a mare in Turkey

Veterinary Record

Volumn 151, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 613-

  Ozgur, N Y ^a   Ikiz, S ^a   Bagcigil, F ^a   Ilgaz, A ^a   Carioglu, B ^b   Takai, S ^c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Izmit Studfarm of Turkey Jockey Club   (Turkey)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HORSE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; TACHYPNEA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WHEEZING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; EQUUS CABALLUS; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0037121274     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.151.20.613     Document Type: Short Survey

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