Successful management of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pneumonia after kidney transplantation in a dog

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1529-1533

  Park, Kyung Mee ^a   Nam, Hyun Suk ^a   Woo, Heung Myong ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Canine; Immunosuppressants; Pneumonia; Pseudomonas; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN; CILASTATIN, IMIPENEM DRUG COMBINATION; IMIPENEM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NOTE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CILASTATIN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84890876726     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.13-0194     Document Type: Note

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