Corynebacterium urealyticum urinary tract infection in dogs and cats: 7 Cases (1996-2003)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 226, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1676-1680

  Bailiff, Nathan L ^a,b   Westropp, Jodi L ^a   Jang, Spencer S ^a   Ling, Gerald V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Redwood Veterinary Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLADDER WALL; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; DEBRIDEMENT; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; LEUKOCYTE; NONHUMAN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE PH; URINE SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIURIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM UREALYTICUM; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 18544363092     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.1676     Document Type: Article

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