Inflammatory polyp in the middle ear with secondary suppurative meningoencephalitis in a cat

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 648-651

  Cook, Laurie B ^a,b   Bergman, Robert L ^a   Bahr, Anne ^a   Boothe, Harry W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Animal Neurological Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Inflammatory polyp; Meningoencephalitis; Otitis interna; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLISTER; BODY WEIGHT; CAT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; ENERGY BALANCE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAT DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYP; RADIOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BULLA; FELIS CATUS; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS ANAEROBIUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AURICULARIS;

AMOXICILLIN; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLAVULANIC ACID; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; METRONIDAZOLE; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; POLYPS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1342290266     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2003.tb00525.x     Document Type: Article

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