Detection of Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae DNA in hepatic specimens from two dogs with hepatic disease

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-51+35

  Gillespie, Tracey N ^a,c   Washabau, Robert J ^a   Goldschmidt, Michael H ^a   Cullen, John M ^b   Rogala, Allison R ^b   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MedVet Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL HEPATITIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0037216093     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.47     Document Type: Article

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