Panniculitis, due to mycobacterium smegmatis, in two finnish cats

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-26

  Ålander Damsten, Ylva K ^a   Brander, E E ^b   Paulin, L G ^c  

^a Pakila Veterinary Station   (Finland)

^b Yhtyneet Laboratoriot Oy   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; COTRIMAZINE; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; FOLIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; ISONIAZID; LIVER ENZYME; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UREA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACK; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NIPPLE; NOCARDIA; NOCARDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PANNICULITIS; PATHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FELIS CATUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NOCARDIA;

EID: 0037309732     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jfms.2001.0189     Document Type: Article

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