Localised pyogranulomatous dermatitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus in a cat: A case report

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 304-306

  Jassies van der Lee, A ^a   Houwers, D J ^b   Meertens, N ^b   van der Zanden, A G M ^c   Willemse, T ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cats; M. abscessus; Mycobacterium; Opportunistic infection; Pyogranuloma

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA 16S; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CAT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EUROPE; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATITIS; EUTHANASIA, ANIMAL; GRANULOMA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PROGNOSIS;

FELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS;

EID: 58249103474     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.08.026     Document Type: Article

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