Urinary tract manifestations of protothecosis in dogs

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-119

  Pressler, Barrak M ^a   Gookin, Jody L ^a   Sykes, Jane E ^b   Wolf, Alice M ^c   Vaden, Shelly L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Algae; Prototheca wickerhamii; Prototheca zopfii; Urinary tract infection; Urine culture

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; AMPICILLIN; ATROPINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PREDNISONE; SUCRALFATE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLORELLA; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOG; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; CYSTITIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; PROTOTHECA; URINE; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; PROTOTHECA; PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII; PROTOTHECA ZOPFII;

EID: 13544259814     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2005)19<115:UTMOPI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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