Bacterial Enteritis in Dogs and Cats: Diagnosis, Therapy, and Zoonotic Potential

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-309

  Weese, J Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Clostridium; Enteritis; Salmonella; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CEFOXITIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; ENROFLOXACIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TYLOSIN;

ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS INFECTION; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; ENDOTOXIN DETECTION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; YERSINIOSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENTERITIS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FELIDAE; SALMONELLA;

EID: 79953874917     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2010.12.005     Document Type: Review

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