Angiostrongylus vasorum causing meningitis and detection of parasite larvae in the cerebrospinal fluid of a pug dog

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 468-471

  Negrin, A ^a   Cherubini, G B ^b   Steeves, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b DICK WHITE REFERRALS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; FENBENDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOLOGY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; STRONGYLE INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BRAIN; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FENBENDAZOLE; LARVA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; PREDNISOLONE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 51149106313     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2008.00570.x     Document Type: Article

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