Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Fatal Interstitial Pneumonia Associated with Equine Influenza in a Neonatal Foal

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 132-134

  Peek, Simon F ^a   Landolt, Gabrielle ^a   Karasin, Alexander I ^a   Slack, Jo Ann ^a   Steinberg, Howard ^a   Semrad, Susan D ^a   Olsen, Christopher W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; GENTAMICIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MANNITOL; MIDAZOLAM; OMEPRAZOLE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; THIAMINE; TICARCILLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; INFLUENZA; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0842308949     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2004)18<132:ARDSAF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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