Hypertrophic osteopathy associated with ovarian carcinoma in a mare
Hypertrophic osteopathy associated with ovarian carcinoma in a mare
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与母马卵巢癌相关的肥大性骨病
DOI:
10.1136/vr.143.6.172
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发表时间:
1998
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通讯作者:
J. Koeman
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作者:
H. J.;van;der Kolk;S. Geelen;H. F.;Jonker;J. Pycock;J. Koeman
for bacterial growth using the swab method at visit one (rs=0-63, P<0.001), visit two (rs=0.74, P<0.001), and when the scores and counts at both visits were combined (rs=0*69, P<0001). The good correlation between the detergent scrub counts and the semi-quantitative swab technique indicates that the latter method can be used to assess cutaneous bacterial population densities in dogs for comparative but not absolute purposes. The technique could be used in situations where rapid, on-site processing of detergent scrub samples is impractical and where transport of the swab to a bacteriological laboratory is preferred. The swab technique has several disadvantages. The detergent scrub method yields a population density whereas the swab method can only be used to give a semi-quantitative assessment. Factors such as the pressure used on swabbing the skin and variation in the nature and degree of any exudate would be expected to influence the recovery of microbes from the skin. Further variability may occur in the transfer of organisms from the skin to the swab, from the swab to the agar and subsequent spread of inoculum by the loop over the surface of the culture medium. Thus results obtained by the swab technique can only be used as a guide to population densities, indicating general trends rather than absolute microbial counts. Detergent scrub samples can be inoculated onto different media and counts of different species of bacteria and yeasts are readily obtained. The use of serial dilutions of the sample ensures that isolated colonies can be identified and counted. In contrast, the swab technique is not appropriate when counts of different species are needed because confluent growth is often obtained. However, if the skin areas sampled are colonised or infected predominantly by one species of bacterium, as is often the case in canine pyoderma, then this may be of lesser importance. The swab technique described in this study should prove useful