Implications of presumptive fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever in two dogs and their owner

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1450-1452+1433

  Elchos, Brigid N ^a   Goddard, Jerome ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; DOXYCYCLINE; IBUPROFEN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHYTOMENADIONE; PROMETHAZINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTITIS; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BRAIN EDEMA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RICKETTSIA; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; SEASONS; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SPOTTED FEVER GROUP;

EID: 0242523976     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.1450     Document Type: Article

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