Bartonella: A new etiological agent of feline ocular disease

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-12

  Ketring, Kerry L ^a   Zuckerman, Evelyn E ^b   Hardy Jr , William D ^b  

^a All Animal Eye Clinic   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ATROPINE; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; LYSINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BLEPHARITIS; CAT DISEASE; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; RICKETTSIOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UVEITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; FELIDAE;

EID: 1942455536     PISSN: 15473317     EISSN: 15473317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/0400006     Document Type: Article

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