Occult bacterial lower urinary tract infections in cats-Urinalysis and culture findings

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 130-134

  Litster, Annette ^a   Moss, Susan ^a   Platell, Joanne ^a   Trott, Darren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial cystitis; E. coli; Enterococcus faecalis; Feline; Occult

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL CAT; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RELATIVE DENSITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE PH;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FELIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 62749108409     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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