Clostridium sordelli Infection as a Suspected Cause of Transient Hyperammonemia in an Adult Horse

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 238-241

  Desrochers, Anne M ^a   Dallap, Barbara L ^a   Wilkins, Pamela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTORPHANOL; DETOMIDINE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; XYLAZINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING; BREATHING RATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTERITIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART RATE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HORSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RIGIDITY; URINALYSIS; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

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

ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MALE;

EID: 0038656720     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)17<238:CSIAAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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