Evaluation of brain tissue or cerebrospinal fluid with broadly reactive polymerase chain reaction for Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, spotted fever group Rickettsia, Bartonella, and borrelia species in canine neurological diseases (109 cases)

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 372-378

  Barber, R M ^a   Li, Q ^a   Diniz, P P V P ^b   Porter, B F ^d   Breitschwerdt, E B ^c   Claiborne, M K ^a   Birkenheuer, A J ^c   Levine, J M ^d   Levine, G J ^d   Chandler, K ^f   Kenny, P ^f   Nghiem, P ^a   Wei, S ^a   Greene, C E ^a   Kent, M ^a   Platt, S R ^a   Greer, K ^d,e   Schatzberg, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST   (United States)

^f ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central nervous system (cns); Inflammation; Meningoencephalomyelitis; Vector borne microorganisms

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII; BORRELIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 77649086950     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0466.x     Document Type: Article

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