Detection of bacterial and viral organisms from the conjunctiva of cats with conjunctivitis and upper respiratory tract disease

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 775-782

  Hartmann, Anja D ^a   Hawley, Jennifer ^b   Werckenthin, Christiane ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^b   Hartmann, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERPES VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; CONJUNCTIVITIS, VIRAL; DNA, VIRAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERPESVIRIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; FELID HERPESVIRUS 1; FELIS; HERPESVIRIDAE; MICROCOCCUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA CANADENSE; MYCOPLASMA CYNOS; MYCOPLASMA FELIS; MYCOPLASMA GATEAE; MYCOPLASMA HYOPHARYNGIS; MYCOPLASMA LIPOPHILUM; MYCOPLASMATALES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 77956884233     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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