Culture-positive sepsis in neonatal camelids: 21 cases

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 519-525

  Dolente, Brett A ^a   Lindborg, Susan ^a   Palmer, Jonathan E ^a   Wilkins, Pamela A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpaca; Bacteremia; Infection; Llama

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SEPSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MALE; SEPSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMELIDAE; CITROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAMA (MAMMAL); LAMA PACOS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 34249331621     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2007)21[519:CSINCC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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