Severe hepatitis associated with acute Ehrlichia canis infection in a dog

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 633-638

  Mylonakis, M E ^a   Kritsepi Konstantinou, M ^a   Dumler, J S ^b   Diniz, P P V P ^c   Day, M J ^e   Siarkou, V I ^a   Breitschwerdt, E B ^d   Psychas, V ^a   Petanides, T ^a   Koutinas, A F ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOGS; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; MALE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

EID: 77954381161     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0501.x     Document Type: Article

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