Pneumonia Caused by Klebsiella spp. in 46 Horses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Klebsiella spp. are implicated as a common cause of bacterial pneumonia in horses, but few reports describe clinical presentation and disease progression.

Hypothesis/objectives

To describe the signalment, clinicopathologic data, radiographic and ultrasonographic findings, antimicrobial susceptibility, outcome, and pathologic lesions associated with Klebsiella spp. pneumonia in horses.

Animals

Forty-six horses from which Klebsiella spp. was isolated from the lower respiratory tract.

Methods

Retrospective study. Medical records from 1993 to 2013 at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis were reviewed. Exact logistic regression was performed to determine if any variables were associated with surviv

SUBMITTER: Estell KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4913652 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature