Localised Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in a cat in Australia

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 407-412

  Elsner, Lisa ^a   Wayne, Julie ^b   O'Brien, Carolyn R ^c   McCowan, Christina ^c   Malik, Richard ^d   Hayman, John A ^e   Globan, Maria ^e   Lavender, Caroline J ^e   Fyfe, Janet A ^e  

^a Longford Veterinary Centre   (Australia)

^b Gippsland Veterinary Pathology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e VICTORIAN INFECTIOUS DISEASES REFERENCE LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; AUSTRALIA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CLARITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA; WOUND HEALING;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 48349120157     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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