Efficacy of rifampicin in the treatment of experimental acute canine monocytic ehrlichiosis
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Efficacy of rifampicin in the treatment of experimental acute canine monocytic ehrlichiosis.
OBJECTIVES To assess the efficacy of rifampicin in achieving clinical and haematological recovery and clearing infection in dogs with experimentally induced acute monocytic ehrlichiosis. METHODS Five Ehrlichia canis-infected Beagle dogs were treated with rifampicin (10 mg/kg/24 h orally for 3 weeks), nine E. canis-infected dogs received no treatment (infected untreated dogs) and two dogs serv...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0305-7453,1460-2091
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkt053