Brainstem and cranial nerve abnormalities: Listeriosis, otitis media/interna, and pituitary abscess syndrome

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-273

  Morin, Dawn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DEXAMETHASONE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FENTHION; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; GENTAMICIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IVERMECTIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; POVIDONE IODINE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ROTENONE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; THIAMINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VITAMIN B GROUP;

BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; KERATITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENESIS; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; MENINGITIS, LISTERIA; OTITIS MEDIA; PITUITARY DISEASES; RUMINANTS; SYNDROME;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 2942597882     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2004.02.007     Document Type: Review

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