title: Feline pyoderma therapy.
abstract: Feline pyoderma is a disease entity more prevalent than previously described. Diagnosis is made by finding bacteria in the presence of inflammatory cells or bacterial phagocytosis on routine cytological examination. Diseases leading to secondary bacterial pyoderma include allergic and inflammatory skin diseases, parasitosis, feline chin acne, and others. Lesions of feline pyoderma are variable and include crusted and eroded papules, pustules, furuncles, eroded to ulcerated plaques with variable exudation and crusting, and linear to nodular ulcerative granulomatous lesions. Three cases of feline pyoderma responsive to antimicrobial therapy are discussed: case 1, a 10.5-year-old male neutered domestic short hair with eosinophilic lip ulcer, case 2, a 7-year-old male neutered domestic short hair with multiple cutaneous eosinophilic plaques, and case 3, an 8-month-old male neutered domestic short hair cat with Pseudomonas dermatitis, vasculitis, and panniculitis. Antibiotic selection for treatment of feline pyoderma should be based on cytological examination, and culture and sensitivity in unresponsive cases.
authors.affiliation: Animal Dermatology Clinics of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92108, USA. bewilderdvm@aol.com
authors.forename: Brett E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Wildermuth
authors.forename: Craig E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Griffin
authors.forename: Wayne S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Rosenkrantz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D002415:Cats; D003584:Cytological Techniques / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D011711:Pyoderma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents