Rhodococcus equi Pneumonia in a Foal

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 239-246

  Barr, Bonnie S ^a  

^a ROOD AND RIDDLE EQUINE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ABSCESS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ABSCESS; ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RIFAMPIN;

RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 33646070561     PISSN: 07490739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cveq.2005.12.022     Document Type: Review

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