Cephalexin for oral treatment of canine urinary tract infection caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Oral treatment with cephalexin resulted in bacteriologic cure in 24 of 25 (96%) dogs with urinary tract infection caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. All 25 of the isolates of K pneumoniae were susceptible in vitro to cephalexin at a concentration of less than or equal to 64 micrograms/ml, well below the mean concentration of cephalexin attained in the urine of clinically normal dogs given similar doses of this drug.
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D002506:Cephalexin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D007710:Klebsiella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*
D002506:Cephalexin