Spinal epidural empyema in seven dogs

Veterinary Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 176-185

  Lavely, James A ^a,b   Vernau, Karen M ^a   Vernau, William ^a   Herrgesell, Eric J ^a   Lecouteur, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VCA Animal Care Center of Sonoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EMPYEMA; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EMPYEMA; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33644887456     PISSN: 01613499     EISSN: 1532950X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950X.2006.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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