Association of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infection with lower airway disease in the horse: A retrospective case series

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-363

  Winther, Lotte ^a   Andersen, Rikke Munk ^b   Baptiste, Keith E ^a   Aalbæk, Bent ^a   Guardabassi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Højgård Hestehospital I S Hoejgaard Equine Hospital   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Equine; Lower airway disease; Nosocomial infection; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DNA 16S; DOXYCLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ENGEMYCIN; GENTAJECT; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NORODINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGHING; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXUDATE; GENOTYPE; HORSE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIBOTYPING; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EQUIDAE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 78649730430     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.08.026     Document Type: Article

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