Evaluation of Brain Tissue or Cerebrospinal Fluid with Broadly Reactive Polymerase Chain Reaction for Ehrlichia, Anaplasma , Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia, Bartonella , and Borrelia Species in Canine Neurological Diseases (109 Cases)

M. Barber, Renee; Li, Q.; Diniz, Pedro; F. Porter, Brian; B. Breitschwerdt, Edward; Kate Claiborne, Mary; J. Birkenheuer, Adam; M. Levine, Jonathan; J. Levine, Gwendolyn; Chandler, Kate; Kenny, Patrick; P. Nghiem, Peter; Wei, Su‐Huai; E. Greene, C.; Kent, Marc; R. Platt, Simon; A. Greer, Kimberly; J. Schatzberg, Scott

doi:10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0466.x

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Evaluation of Brain Tissue or Cerebrospinal Fluid with Broadly Reactive Polymerase Chain Reaction for Ehrlichia, Anaplasma , Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia, Bartonella , and Borrelia Species in Canine Neurological Diseases (109 Cases)

Published in Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine • Jan 22, 2010

Authors:

Renee M. Barber

Q. Li

Pedro Diniz

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Vector-transmitted microorganisms in the genera Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Rickettsia, Bartonella, and Borrelia are commonly suspected in dogs with meningoencephalomyelitis (MEM), but the prevalence of these pathogens in brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of dogs with MEM is unknown. ...

Subject

Bartonella

Ehrlichia

Borrelia

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