A case of canine streptococcal meningoencephalitis diagnosed using universal bacterial polymerase chain reaction assay

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 205-209

  Messer, Jeannette S ^a   Wagner, Susan O ^a   Baumwart, Ryan D ^a   Colitz, Carmen M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; OHIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49449093021     PISSN: 15473317     EISSN: 15473317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/0440205     Document Type: Article

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