Changes in antibiotic resistance in equine bacterial ulcerative keratitis (1991-2000): 65 Horses

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-313

  Sauer, P ^a   Andrew, S E ^a   Lassaline, M ^a   Gelatt, K N ^a   Denis, H M ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial resistance; Corneal ulcers; Horse

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACITRACIN; CARBENICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMAZINE; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORSE; KERATITIS; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CORNEAL ULCER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0346217994     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2003.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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