Septicemia, endocarditis, and cerebral infarction due to staphylococcus aureus in a harp seal (Phoca Groenlandica)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 393-397

  Chinnadurai, Sathya K ^a,b   Troan, Brigid V ^b   Wolf, Karen N ^a,b   DeVoe, Ryan S ^b   Huijsmans, C J J ^c   Hermans, Mirjam H A ^c   Wever, Peter C ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Zoological Park   (United States)

^c JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; harp seal; Phoca groenlandica; sepsis; Staphylococcus aureus; thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PHOCA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOCA; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; MALE; PHOCA; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 67651037337     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0176.1     Document Type: Article

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