Efficacy of a doxycycline treatment regimen initiated during three different phases of experimental ehrlichiosis

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5012-5020

  McClure, Jennifer C ^a   Crothers, Michelle L ^a   Schaefer, John J ^a   Stanley, Patrick D ^a   Needham, Glen R ^b   Ewing, S A ^c   Stich, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 78649658978     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01622-09     Document Type: Article

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