title: Bacteria and yeast on the surface and within non-inflamed hair follicles of skin biopsies from dogs with non-neoplastic dermatoses.
abstract: Coccoid bacteria and/or yeasts were found in the surface keratin or exudate and/or in the pilar canal of non-inflamed hair follicles upon light microscopic examination of skin biopsies from 191 of 3,387 dogs (5.6%) with non-neoplastic skin disorders. The presence of surface cocci and/or yeast did not appear to suggest a specific dermatosis, nor the existence of a clinically relevant infection in the majority of cases. However, follicular cocci and/or yeast almost always indicated the presence of a clinically relevant infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca 14853.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001706:Biopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004285:Dogs; D006197:Hair / Q000382:microbiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D015003:Yeasts / Q000302:isolation & purification*