title: Antibiotic-responsive generalized nonlesional pruritus in a dog.
abstract: A 15-year-old dog was evaluated for a nonresponsive generalized pruritic condition of 5 months duration. Routine diagnostic testing, including intradermal testing with 63 inhaled allergens and the feeding of a home-cooked hypoallergenic diet, failed to define the cause of the pruritus. An intradermal skin test with a staphylococcal cell wall/toxoid mixture and a skin biopsy of the skin test site suggested that the dog had a bacterial hypersensitivity. Antibiotic therapy eliminated the pruritus and the dog's pruritus was successfully managed for 3 years with the combined use of subtherapeutic dosages of antibiotics and a commercial staphylococcal vaccine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000695:Anal Sacs / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002434:Cefadroxil / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007249:Inflammation; D011537:Pruritus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D002434:Cefadroxil