Antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial isolates from corneal ulcers of dogs in Taiwan: PAPER

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 271-274

  Lin, C T ^a   Petersen Jones, S M ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CORNEA ULCER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CORNEAL ULCER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TAIWAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 34247621466     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2007.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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