title: Common Infectious Organisms.
abstract: Cytology offers a rapid, relatively noninvasive means to identify lesions of all varieties including immune-mediated, degenerate, inflammatory, and neoplastic. One area that is particularly amenable to cytologic diagnosis is infectious disease. Organisms that can be seen and identified include fungal, bacterial, protozoal, parasitic, viral, and algal. Rapid identification of pathogenic organisms allows the practitioner to initiate treatment quickly, giving the patient the best chance for recovery.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pathology, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, 725 Harrison Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2027, USA. Electronic address: cathomps@purdue.edu.
authors.forename: Craig A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pathology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, 300 West Drake Road, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1644, USA.
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: MacNeill
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003584:Cytological Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Bacteria; Canine; Cytology; Cytopathology; Feline; Fungi; Infectious