Chapter 3 Isolation and Identification of Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria Jane E. Sykes and Shelley C. Rankin Key Points • Because of the increasing prevalence of antimicrobial drug resistance among bacteria…
Chapter 5 Nucleic Acid Detection Assays Jane E. Sykes and Shelley C. Rankin Key Points • Assays for detection of nucleic acid such as polymerase chain reaction assays are increasingly available…
Chapter 11 Infection Control Programs for Dogs and Cats Jane E. Sykes and J. Scott Weese Key Points • A hospital infection control program consists of infectious disease control personnel, a…
Chapter 2 Immunoassays Jane E. Sykes and Shelley C. Rankin Key Points • Immunoassays are commonly used in practice to detect antigen or antibody in body fluids. • The term serology is…
Chapter 19 Feline Panleukopenia Virus Infection and Other Viral Enteritides Jane E. Sykes Overview of Feline Parvoviral Enteritis First Described: 1928, Verge and Christoforoni, France1 Cause: Feline panleukopenia virus (FPV);…
Chapter 39 Cell Wall–Deficient Bacterial Infections Jane E. Sykes Overview of Cell Wall–Deficient Bacterial Infections First Described: 1935, London (Kleineberger)1 Causes: Cell wall–deficient strains of a variety of gram-positive and…
Chapter 9 Antifungal Drugs Jane E. Sykes and Mark G. Papich Key Points • Compared to antibacterial drugs, the range of antifungal drug classes available is very limited, with most systemic…
Chapter 7 Antiviral and Immunomodulatory Drugs Jane E. Sykes and Mark G. Papich Key Points • Most antiviral drugs available for treatment of canine and feline viral infections are nucleoside analogues…
Chapter 1 Isolation in Cell Culture Jane E. Sykes and Shelley C. Rankin Key Points • With the increasing availability of nucleic acid–based testing, cell culture is decreasingly used for diagnosis…
Chapter 16 Canine Herpesvirus Infection Autumn P. Davidson Overview of Canine Herpesvirus Infection First Described: New York State, United States, 19651 Cause: Canine herpesvirus-1 (Family Herpesviridae) Affected Hosts: Domestic and…
