Presumptive meningoencephalitis secondary to extension of otitis media/interna caused by Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus in a cat

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 606-609

  Martin Vaquero, Paula ^a   da Costa, Ronaldo C ^a   Daniels, Joshua B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; OHIO; OTITIS MEDIA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 79960705256     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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