Feline Hemotropic Mycoplasmas

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1157-1170

  Sykes, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Feline immunodeficiency virus; Feline leukemia virus; Haemobartonella; Polymerase chain reaction; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; DOXYCYCLINE HYCLATE; ENROFLOXACIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ASSAY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CAT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG CHOICE; EPERYTHROZOONOSIS; ESOPHAGITIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; MYCOPLASMA TURICENSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 77957346792     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2010.07.003     Document Type: Review

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