Canine pyometra associated with Bacillus species: A case report

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 143-149

  Kim, M K ^a   Yoon, H Y ^a   Lee, M H ^a   Kim, J H ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dog; Immunosuppression; Opportunistic infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BUTOPHAN; BUTORPHANOL; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOVECIN; CEFPODOXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; FUROSEMIDE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GENTAMICIN; LINCOMYCIN; NIMODIPINE; OFLOXACIN; PIMOBENDAN; POLYDIOXANONE; RAMIPRIL; SPILACTON; SPIRAMYCIN; SPIRONOLACTONE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CIRCULANS; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CYTOLOGY; DEATH; DISK DIFFUSION; DOG DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HEART MURMUR; HYPOTHERMIA; HYSTERECTOMY; MAMMARY GLAND; MASTECTOMY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYOMETRA; SANGER SEQUENCING; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; TACHYPNEA; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; UTERUS DISEASE;

EID: 85044766944     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/36/2017-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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