title: What is your diagnosis? Blood smear from a cat.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiological Sciences, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leissinger
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Walton
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaunt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002415:Cats; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: Bacteremia; Streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome; Streptococcus canis; left shift; toxic changes