Hostage to history - questioning the duration of systemic antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of canine superficial bacterial folliculitis

Title

Hostage to history - questioning the duration of systemic antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of canine superficial bacterial folliculitis

Creator

Candace A Sousa
Jenifer Chatfield
Thomas M File
Sandra N Koch
Daryl B Leu
Anette Loeffler
Klaus Earl Loft
Clarissa Souza
J Scott Weese

Date

2022

Description

Current guidelines for the use of systemic antimicrobials for the treatment of superficial bacterial folliculitis in dogs include the recommendation that the disease be treated for a minimum of 3 weeks and for at least 1 week beyond clinical resolution. With increasing antimicrobial resistance being noted for bacteria involved in this condition, as well as the increased use of evidence-based medicine, this dogma needs to be reevaluated.

Source

J Am Vet Med Assoc
. 2022 May 4;260(10):1153-1156. doi: 10.2460/javma.22.03.0113.

Language

English

Tags

Citation

Candace A Sousa et al., “Hostage to history - questioning the duration of systemic antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of canine superficial bacterial folliculitis,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed April 17, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/12134.