Search for Borrelia burgdorferi in kidneys of dogs with suspected "Lyme nephritis"

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 860-865

  Hutton, Tabitha ^a,b   Goldstein, R E ^a   Njaa, B L ^a   Atwater, D Z ^a   Chang, Y F ^a   Simpson, K W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FISH; Glomerulonephritis; PCR; Proteinuria; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 47849086839     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2008.0131.x     Document Type: Article

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