Endoscopically visualized lesions, histologic findings, and bacterial invasion in the gastrointestinal mucosa of dogs with acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-58

  Unterer, S ^a   Busch, K ^a   Leipig, M ^a   Hermanns, W ^a   Wolf, G ^a   Straubinger, R K ^a   Mueller, R S ^a   Hartmann, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute emorrhagic diarrhea syndrome; Bloody diarrhea; Clostridium perfringens; Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; PARVOVIRUS;

ACUTE EMORRHAGIC DIARRHEA SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOPSY; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMORRHAGIC GASTROENTERITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE EMORRHAGIC DIARRHEA SYNDROME; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; HEMORRHAGIC GASTROENTERITIS;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84892479930     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvim.12236     Document Type: Article

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