Co-infection with Anaplasma platys, Bartonella henselae, Bartonella koehlerae and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' in a cat diagnosed with splenic plasmacytosis and multiple myeloma

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 713-720

  Qurollo, Barbara A ^a   Balakrishnan, Nandhakumar ^a   Cannon, Coralie Zegre ^a   Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ANIMAL; BARTONELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASES; MIXED INFECTION; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COINFECTION; DOXYCYCLINE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84901675269     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: 15322750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098612X13519632     Document Type: Article

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