Antimicrobial‐Resistant Staphylococcal Infection

Hostage to history – questioning the duration of systemic antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of canine superficial bacterial folliculitis

“…10 More recently published books repeat the statement that superficial pyoderma or bacterial folliculitis should be treated for a minimum of 3 weeks of antimicrobial therapy, with therapy extending 1 week beyond clinical lesion resolution, concluding that this would help prevent recurrence or relapse and even minimize the development of antimicrobial resistance. [11][12][13] Even veterinary textbooks that are not specifically written for dermatologists state this same, unreferenced statement. "Antibiotic therapy should be maintained for at least 1 week after the clinical cure for superficial pyoderma…."…”