Bartonellosis

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 809-825

  Guptill, Lynn ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BITE; CAT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RICKETTSIOSIS; SCRATCHING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0042697132     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-5616(03)00024-X     Document Type: Review

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