Effect of chronic feline immunodeficiency infection, and efficacy of marbofloxacin treatment, on 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' infection

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 653-661

  Tasker, Séverine ^a   Caney, Sarah M A ^a   Day, Michael J ^a   Dean, Rachel S ^a   Helps, Chris R ^a   Knowles, Toby G ^a   Lait, Philippa J P ^a   Pinches, Mark D G ^a   Gruffydd Jones, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feline immunodeficiency virus; Haemoplasma; Quantitative real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MARBOFLOXACIN;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; CAT DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FEMALE; INOCULATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIRUS; RANDOMIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERINFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; QUINOLONES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 33646050976     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.08.015     Document Type: Article

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