Multisystemic infection with an Acanthamoeba sp in a dog

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 238, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1476-1481

  Kent, Marc ^a   Platt, Simon R ^a   Rech, Raquel R ^a   Eagleson, Joseph S ^a   Howerth, Elizabeth W ^a   Shoff, Megan ^b   Fuerst, Paul A ^c   Booton, Greg ^c   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^d   Schatzberg, Scott J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTERITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FATALITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGITIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; ARTERITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; MALE; MENINGITIS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79958023258     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.238.11.1476     Document Type: Article

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