Magnetic resonance imaging features of spinal epidural empyema in five dogs

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-140

  De Stefani, Alberta ^a   Garosi, Laurent S ^b   McConnell, Fraser J ^c   Llabres Diaz, Francisco J ^b   Dennis, Ruth ^a   Platt, Simon R ^a  

^a ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DAVIES VETERINARY SPECIALISTS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discospondylitis; Dog; Empyema

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EMPYEMA; FEMALE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 40249111784     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2008.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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