Diagnostic contribution of thoracic ultrasonography in 17 foals with Rhodococcus equi pneumonia

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 172-176

  Ramirez, Sammy ^a,b   Lester, Guy D ^a   Roberts, Greg R ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foal; Pneumonia; Radiography; Rhodococcus equi; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CORYNEBACTERIUM EQUI; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGING; LUNG ABSCESS; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEWBORN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; RHODOCOCCUS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 2342569614     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2004.04028.x     Document Type: Article

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