A case of necrotizing fasciitis with septic shock in a cat caused by Acinetobacter baumannii

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 432-438

  Brachelente, Chiara ^a,b   Wiener, Dominique ^b   Malik, Yasminda ^b   Huessy, Daniela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FASCIITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANIMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 35948933087     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2007.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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