Capnocytophaga canimorsus

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 339-346

  Gaastra, Wim ^a   Lipman, Len J A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capnocytophaga canimorsus; Risk factors; Sepsis; Therapy; Virulence; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; FLAVOBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS;

EID: 73949090711     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.01.040     Document Type: Review

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