Frequency of urinary tract infection among dogs with pruritic disorders receiving long-term glucocorticoid treatment

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-243

  Torres, Sheila M F ^a   Diaz, Sandra F ^a   Nogueira, Sandra A ^a   Jessen, Carl ^a   Polzin, David J ^a   Gilbert, Sophie M ^a   Horne, Kim L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRURITUS; PYURIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIURIA; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRURITUS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 22244452075     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.227.239     Document Type: Article

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