Bartonella species as a potential cause of epistaxis in dogs

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2529-2533

  Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a   Hegarty, Barbara C ^a   Maggi, Ricardo ^a   Hawkins, Eleanor ^a   Dyer, Page ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Crossroads Animal Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; DOG; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; MALE;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 18544369473     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2529-2533.2005     Document Type: Article

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