Diagnosis and treatment of septic arthritis

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 627-649

  Morton, Alison J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 27744603432     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2005.08.001     Document Type: Review

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