Case report and short communication: Rectal prolapse associated with an unusual combination of pinworms and citrobacter species infection in FVB mice colony

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 221-223

  Mahesh Kumar, M J ^a   Nagarajan, P ^a   Venkatesan, R ^a   Juyal, Ramesh C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROBIASIS; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FECES ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; RECTUM PROLAPSE; WORM EGG;

CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS;

EID: 12344303952     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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