Septic arthritis and granulomatous synovitis caused by infection with Mycobacterium avium complex in a horse

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 226, Issue 12, 2005, Pages

  Hewes, Christina A ^a,b   Schneider, Robert K ^a   Baszler, Timothy V ^a   Oaks, J Lindsay ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARION DUPONT SCOTT EQUINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; DIAZEPAM; GENTAMICIN; GUAIFENESIN; ISOFLURANE; KETAMINE; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM; PHENYLBUTAZONE; XYLAZINE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; GRANULOMATOUS SYNOVITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVITIS; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PHENYLBUTAZONE; SYNOVITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE;

EID: 20444498681     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.226.2035     Document Type: Article

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