Feline Bartonellosis

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1073-1090

  Guptill, Lynn ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Bartonella; Bartonellosis; Cat; Feline; Flea; Vector

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; NUCLEIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBODY TITER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLOSIS; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOCARDITIS; FLEA; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ZOONOSES;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 77957358060     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2010.07.009     Document Type: Review

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