Bacterial isolates and antimicrobial susceptibilities in equine bacterial ulcerative keratitis (1993-2004)

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-211

  Keller, R L ^a   Hendrix, D V H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteria; Corneal ulcer; Horse

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; KERATITIS; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 18544381350     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/0425164054530731     Document Type: Article

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