Feline hemotropic mycoplasmas

Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 62-69

  Sykes, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hemolytic; Mycoplasma; Polymerase chain reaction; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; REVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 77953472287     PISSN: 14793261     EISSN: 14764431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2009.00491.x     Document Type: Review

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