Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog with bone infection and arthritis after bite treated with surgery
By Hodgin, E C et al.·Published in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association·1992·Louisiana State University·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Anaerobic bacterial infections causing osteomyelitis/arthritis in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 3-year-old German Shepherd was brought to the vet for lameness and pain in the left front leg after being bitten by another dog. The area showed swelling and had a draining wound, but several antibiotics did not help. Tests revealed an infection caused by specific bacteria in the bone. The dog recovered after surgery to clean out the infected tissue and treatment with clindamycin, an antibiotic.
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Abstract
A 3-year-old German Shepherd Dog was examined for lameness, signs of pain, swelling, a draining fistulous tract, and osteolysis after a dog bite on the left carpus. After failure of the lesion to respond to several antibiotics, Peptostreptococcus sp and Propionibacterium sp were isolated from swab specimens and then from surgically collected bone and soft tissue specimens. The bone fragments had mild purulent osteomyelitis associated with numerous gram-positive rods and cocci. The dog was successfully treated by surgical debridement of the lesion and clindamycin administration.
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