Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Infection causing skin sores and ear infection in Maltese dog
By Hyun, Jae-Eun et al.·Published in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne·2024·Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, South Korea·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: infection-associated erythema multiforme in a Maltese dog.
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Plain-English summary
An 8-year-old spayed female Maltese was brought to the vet with itchy, painful sores on her head, neck, chest, and belly that had been bothering her for four months. She also had chronic ear infections. After testing, the vet found a tough skin infection caused by bacteria that were resistant to many antibiotics. The dog started treatment with ciprofloxacin, and her skin lesions improved significantly. This case highlights that infections can sometimes lead to serious skin reactions in dogs.
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Abstract
An 8-year-old spayed female Maltese dog was referred with a 4-month history of multifocal pruritic erosive or ulcerative lesions on the head, ventral neck, chest, and abdomen; and chronic otitis externa. Biopsy revealed cytotoxic dermatitis and apoptotic keratinocytes with occasional lymphocytic satellitosis. Bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility tests revealed multidrug-resistantinfection of the skin and ears. The skin lesions regressed after treatment ofinfection with ciprofloxacin. Based on the skin lesions, histological characteristics, and response to therapy, the dog was presumed to have erythema multiforme induced byinfection. This case report emphasizes thatinfection could be a trigger of erythema multiforme in dogs. Key clinical message: Erythema multiforme caused by infection is rare and poorly characterized in the veterinary literature. This case report describes the clinical characteristics of, diagnostic approach to, and treatment of erythema multiforme caused by.
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Search related cases →Original publication on PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39494179/