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Pending fungal culture, the patient is best treated with a minimum of a 21 day course of antibiotics; treatment should continue for 1 week past clinical cure.<br><br>

Pending fungal culture, the patient is best treated with a minimum of a 21 day course of antibiotics; treatment should continue for 1 week past clinical cure.<br><br>

If skin scrapings and fungal cultures are negative and the patient does not respond to appropriate antibiotic therapy, a skin biopsy is indicated to rule out other rare causes of these lesions (e.g. PF).

If skin scrapings and fungal cultures are negative and the patient does not respond to appropriate antibiotic therapy, a skin biopsy is indicated to rule out other rare causes of these lesions (e.g. PF).

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|q3=What is superficial spreading pyoderma?

|q3=What is superficial spreading pyoderma?

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What is unique about this clinical form of superficial pyoderma is the lack of pustules; lesions are extensive and pustules are conspicuously absent.<br><br>

What is unique about this clinical form of superficial pyoderma is the lack of pustules; lesions are extensive and pustules are conspicuously absent.<br><br>

In the author’s experience this form of bacterial pyoderma is often seen in longhaired dogs, especially collie and Shetland sheepdogs, and lesions are common on the trunk.

In the author’s experience this form of bacterial pyoderma is often seen in longhaired dogs, especially collie and Shetland sheepdogs, and lesions are common on the trunk.

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|l3= Superficial Pyoderma

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