Comparison of the clinical, microbiological, radiological and haematological features of foals with pneumonia caused by Rhodococcus equi and other bacteria

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-112

  Leclere, Mathilde ^a,c   Magdesian, K Gary ^b   Kass, Philip H ^b   Pusterla, Nicola ^b   Rhodes, Diane M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen; Foal; Leucocytes; Pneumonia; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOAL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG ASPIRATION; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 78650536097     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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