Streptococcus equi meningoencephalomyelitis in a foal

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 721-724

  Finno, Carrie ^a   Pusterla, Nicola ^b   Aleman, Monica ^b   Mohr, F Charles ^b   Price, Teena ^b   George, Jeanne ^b   Holmberg, Tara ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIAZEPAM; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FENTANYL; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; GENTAMICIN; KETOPROFEN; OMEPRAZOLE; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLADDER RUPTURE; CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTITIS; DIFFERENTIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EVALUATION; FEVER; HEAD TILTING; HEART MURMUR; HORSE DISEASE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MONOCYTOSIS; MYOCARDITIS; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UROPERITONEUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

ATAXIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 33748541081     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.5.721     Document Type: Article

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