Conventional and molecular diagnostic testing for the acute neurologic patient

Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-61

  Nghiem, Peter P ^a   Schatzberg, Scott J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CODEHOP; Meningitis; Meningoencephalitis; Microarray; Neurodiagnostics; PCR

Indexed keywords

BARTONELLA; BORRELIA; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; RICKETTSIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA MICROARRAY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77953419303     PISSN: 14793261     EISSN: 14764431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2009.00495.x     Document Type: Review

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