Bone marrow mastocytosis in dogs with myelosuppressive monocytic ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia canis): A retrospective study

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-314

  Mylonakis, Mathios E ^a   Koutinas, Alex F ^a   Leontides, Leonidas S ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bone marrow; Dog; Ehrlichia canis; Mast cell

Indexed keywords

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW CELLS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750716546     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2006.tb00137.x     Document Type: Article

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