Long-tern cure of disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection in a cat

Veterinary Record

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 131-132

  Sieber Ruckstuhl, N S ^a,b   Sessions, J K ^a,c   Sanchez, S ^a,d   Latimer, K S ^a   Greene, C E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Med Vet Memphis   (United States)

^d Department of Small Animal Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33846865123     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.160.4.131     Document Type: Article

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