Co-infection with Mycoplasma haemofelis and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' in three cats from Brazil

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 518-520

  de Morais, Helio A ^a   Guimarães, Ana Marcia S ^b   Vidotto, Odilon ^d   Baumann, Aline ^e   Biondo, Alexander W ^b,c   Messick, Joanne B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^e Clinilab   (Brazil)

^f PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL RNA; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIS CATUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS;

EID: 36049009118     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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