Antibiotic-Responsive Diarrhea in Small Animals

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 273-286

  Hall, Edward J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial overgrowth; Diarrhea; Dog; Enteropathy

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; METRONIDAZOLE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PREBIOTIC AGENT; TYLOSIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESPONSIVE DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DUODENUM FLUID; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BREATH TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LOW FAT DIET; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINAL BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79953903540     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2010.12.004     Document Type: Review

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