Fatal aortic endocarditis associated with community-acquired Serratia marcescens infection in a dog

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-137

  Perez, Cristina ^a   Fujii, Yoko ^b   Fauls, Megan ^a   Hummel, James ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FATALITY; MALE; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; MALE; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 79952095095     PISSN: 15473317     EISSN: 15473317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/JAAHA-MS-5616     Document Type: Article

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