Feline Leukemia Virus Infection
Chapter 11 Feline Leukemia Virus Infection Katrin Hartmann Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) infection occurs worldwide.62,93 For many years after its discovery, FeLV was considered to (1) be the principal scourge…
Candidiasis and Rhodotorulosis
Chapter 63 Candidiasis and Rhodotorulosis Barrak M. Pressler Candidiasis Etiology The genus Candida (phylum Ascomycota, class Saccharomycetes) is composed of more than 150 species of budding yeasts, including the historic…
Zoonotic Infections of Medical Importance in Immunocompromised Humans
Chapter 99 Zoonotic Infections of Medical Importance in Immunocompromised Humans Carol A. Glaser, Edward L. Powers and Craig E. Greene Immunodeficiencies in Humans Immunodeficiencies in humans have various physiologic and…
Antibacterial Chemotherapy
Chapter 30 Antibacterial Chemotherapy Craig E. Greene and Dawn M. Boothe The terms antibiotic, antibacterial, and antimicrobial are often used interchangeably, despite different meanings. Antibiotics are chemicals (e.g., penicillin) produced…
Microsporidiosis
Chapter 69 Microsporidiosis Peter J. Didier, Karen F. Snowden, Xavier Alvarez and Elizabeth S Didier* Etiology Microsporidiosis in dogs and cats is primarily caused by the obligate intracellular parasite Encephalitozoon…
Prevention and Management of Infection in Canine Populations
Chapter 96 Prevention and Management of Infection in Canine Populations Kate Hurley and Claudia J. Baldwin Canine populations can be described as transient or stable and can be defined further…
Trichosporonosis
Chapter 64 Trichosporonosis Craig E. Greene Etiology Trichosporon spp., yeastlike fungi that exist in nature as soil saprophytes, are members of the family Cryptococcaceae. In culture, they form hyaline yeastlike…
Surgical and Traumatic Wound Infections
Chapter 53 Surgical and Traumatic Wound Infections Craig E. Greene and J. Scott Weese Surgical site infections (SSIs), which hinder successful healing of operative wounds, are recognized as a relatively…
