Severe acute rhabdomyolysis associated with Streptococcus equi infection in four horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 227, Issue 11, 2005, Pages

  Sponseller, Beatrice T ^a   Valberg, Stephanie J ^b   Tennent Brown, Brett S ^c   Foreman, Jonathan H ^c   Kumar, Pawan ^d,e   Timoney, John F ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Veterinary Teaching Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACEPROMAZINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DETOMIDINE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; GENTAMICIN; METHOCARBAMOL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SEDATIVE AGENT; SELENIUM; STEROID;

ABSCESS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 28444443335     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2005.227.1800     Document Type: Review

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