Presumed immune-mediated hemolytic anemia in two foals with Rhodococcus equi infection

Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-278

  Johns, Imogen C ^a,b   Desrochers, Anne ^a,c   Wotman, Kathryn L ^a   Sweeney, Raymond W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MARION DUPONT SCOTT EQUINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Hemolysis; Horse; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 79957976468     PISSN: 14793261     EISSN: 14764431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2011.00633.x     Document Type: Article

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