Failure of antimicrobial therapy to accelerate spontaneous healing of subclinical pulmonary abscesses on a farm with endemic infections caused by Rhodococcus equi

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-298

  Venner, Monica ^a   Rödiger, Anne ^b   Laemmer, Marc ^a   Giguère, Steeve ^c  

^a Veterinary Clinic   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Azithromycin; Equine; Foal; Pneumonia; Rhodococcus equi; Rifampin; Tulathromycin

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; GLUCOSE; RIFAMPICIN; TULATHROMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; DISACCHARIDES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; RIFAMPIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 84861877520     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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