Isolation of Serratia fonticola from skin lesions in a Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) with an associated septicaemia

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 254-256

  Garcia, Marta E ^a   Lanzarot, Pilar ^a   Costas, Eduardo ^a   Lopez Rodas, Victoria ^a   Marín, Mercedes ^b   Blanco, Jose L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crocodile; Dermatology; Septicaemia; Serratia fonticola

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SEPTICEMIA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA FONTICOLA; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INFECTION;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL;

CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; SERRATIA FONTICOLA;

EID: 40949104373     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.02.025     Document Type: Article

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