Recurrent osteomyelitis in a cat due to infection with Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii genotype II

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1273-1277

  Varanat, M ^a   Travis, A ^b   Lee, W ^a   Maggi, R G ^a   Bissett, S A ^a   Linder, K E ^a   Breitschwerdt, E B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b River Road Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OSTEOMYELITIS;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; OSTEOMYELITIS;

BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII;

EID: 70350422556     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0372.x     Document Type: Article

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