Concurrent bartonellosis and babesiosis in a dog with persistent thrombocytopenia

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1306-1310+1280

  Tuttle, Allison D ^a,b   Birkenheuer, Adam J ^a   Juopperi, Tarja ^a   Levy, Michael G ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIDOCARB; PREDNISONE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIOSIS; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMORBIDITY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IMIDOCARB; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0242363271     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.1306     Document Type: Article

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