Identification, molecular characterization, and experimental transmission of a new hemoplasma isolate from a cat with hemolytic anemia in Switzerland

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2581-2585

  Willi, Barbara ^a   Boretti, Felicitas S ^a   Cattori, Valentino ^a   Tasker, Séverine ^b   Meli, Marina L ^a   Reusch, Claudia ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CELL VOLUME; ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; MALE; MYCOPLASMA COCCOIDE; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMURIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; RODENT; SWITZERLAND;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SWITZERLAND;

CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIDAE; MAMMALIA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 20444470707     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.6.2581-2585.2005     Document Type: Article

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