Chronic canine ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia canis): A retrospective study of 19 natural cases

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 174-184

  Mylonakis, Mathios E ^a   Koutinas, Alex F ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a   Hegarty, Barbara C ^a   Billinis, Charalambos D ^a,b   Leontides, Leonidas S ^b   Kontos, Vassilios S ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANABOLIC AGENT; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE; ENROFLOXACIN; IMIDOCARB DIPROPIONATE; IRON SALT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW HYPOPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPENIA; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; DRUG EXPOSURE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCYTOPENIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SEROLOGY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA VINSONII; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; RICKETTSIA CONORII;

EID: 12444267178     PISSN: 15473317     EISSN: 15473317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/0400174     Document Type: Article

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