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Cutaneous bacterial infections tend to be called '''pyodermas'''. They are superficial, deep and are common in dogs, but less common in other species.
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===Superficial pyoderma===
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[[Image: Superficial pyoderma dog.jpg|100px|thumb|right|<small><center>Superficial pyoderma in a dog (Courtesy of Bristol BioMed Image Archive)</center></small>]]
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*Affects epidermis and upper infundibulum of hair follicles
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*No scarring when healed
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*Grossly:
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**Erythema
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**Alopecia
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**[[Skin Glossary - Pathology|Papules and pustules]]
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**[[Skin Glossary - Pathology|Crusts]]
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**[[Skin Glossary - Pathology|Epidermal collarettes]]
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*Microscopically:
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**Intraepidermal pustular dermatitis
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**Superficial suppurative folliculitis
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**Bacteria commonly not seen
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===Impetigo===
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* = '''Superficial pustular dermatitis'''
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*Caused by coagulase-positive [[Staphylococcus spp.|''Staphylococcus'' spp.]]
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*Associated with:
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**Abrasions
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**Poor nutrition
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**Viral infections
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**Immunosuppression (often due to [[Adrenal Glands - Pathology#Adrenal Hyperfunction|hyperadrenocorticism]])
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*Grossly:
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**[[Skin Glossary - Pathology|Pustules -> crusts]], mostly in hairless skin
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*Microscopically:
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**Interfollicular neutrophilic subcorneal pustule
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====Dermatophilosis====
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[[Image: Dermatophilosis in cow.jpg|100px|thumb|right|<small><center>Dermatophilosis in a cow (Courtesy of Bristol BioMed Image Archive)</center></small>]]
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*Caused by [[Actinomycetes#Dermatophilus congolensis|''Dermatophilus congolensis'']]
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*Affects cattle, horses, sheep mainly
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*More common in wet and warm weather
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*Transmotted from animal to animal
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*Lesions tend to form on dorsal back and extremities
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*Associated with skin trauma, prolonged wetting or [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Parasitic| parasites]]
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** -> penetration of zoospores
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*Bacteria proliferate in outer sheath of hair follicles and superficial epidermis
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*Gram-positive, filamentous branching organisms, subdivided longitudinally and transversly
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*Causing:
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**Acute inflammatory response -> neutrophil migration through dermis and epidermis -> formation of microabscesses
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**Further penetration of bacteria is thus prevented
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**Regenerated epidermis is invaded again by remaining organisms
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**Repeated reinfection -> multilaminated pustular crusts
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*Grossly:
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**[[Skin Glossary - Pathology|Papules, pustules, crusts]] may coalesce and mat the coat
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*Microscopically:
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**Hyperplastic superficial perivascular dermatitis
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**Multilaminated crusts, alternating keratin and inflammatory cell layers
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====Greasy pig disease====
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* = '''Exudative epidermitis of pigs'''
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*Caused by [[Staphylococcus spp.#Staphylococcus hyicus|''Staphylococcus hyicus'']]
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*Affects neonatal piglets - often fatal, older piglets - milder disease
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*Focal erosion of stratum corneum
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*Brown exudate
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*Dermatitis around eyes, ears, snout, chin and medial legs, may spread to ventral abdomen and thorax
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*Rapidly becomes generalised -> greasy exudate over red skin -> hardened, cracked exudate
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*In older piglets, milder localised disease develops around eyes, ears and face
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*Grossly:
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**Thickened epidermis, scaling
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*Microscopically:
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**Early - subcorneal pustular dermatitis extending to hair follicles -> superficial suppurative folliculitis
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**Late - hyperplastic epidermis, thick keratin crusts with cocci, microabscesses
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====Ovine fleece rot====
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*Caused by [[Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia species|''Pseudomonas'']] and excessive moisture
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*Prediscposes to [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Myiasis|myiasis]]
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====Equine pastern folliculitis====
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* = '''Greasy heel'''
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*Secondary pyoderma
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*Affects caudal pastern and fetlock
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===Deep pyoderma===
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*Less common than superficial pyoderma
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*Occurs mainly in dogs
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*Affects infundibulum, isthmic portion of hair follicles and surrounding dermis and subcutis
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*Heals with scarring
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*Local lymph nodes are often affected
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*Often secondary to immunosuppression, follicular hyperkeratosis or [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Demodicosis|demodicosis]]
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*May also be a sequele to [[Bacterial skin infections - Pathology#Superficial pyoderma|superficial pyoderma]]
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*Grossly:
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**[[Skin Glossary - Pathology|Crusted papules, pustules, alopecia, abscesses, nodules, fistulas, ulcers, haemorrhagic bullae]]
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**In dogs may look similar to [[Skin Environmental - Pathology#Pyotraumatic dermatitis|pyotraumatic dermatitis]]
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*Microscopically:
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**Pyogranulomatous folliculitis and furunculosis
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**Nodular or diffuse dermatitis
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**Panniculitis
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*May involve a foreign bodey reaction to follicular contents and draining sinuses develop
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*If chronic, scarring and loss of adnexa
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*Bacteria often isolated include [[Staphylococcus spp.|''Staphylococcus'' spp.]], especially ''S. intermedius'' in dogs, [[Streptococci|''Streptococcus'' spp.]], [[Corynebacterium species|''Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis'']], [[Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Burkholderia species|''Pseudomonas'']], [[Pasteurella species and Mannheimia haemolytica|''Pasteurella'']], [[Proteus|''Proteus'']], [[Escherichia coli|''E.coli'']]
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====Staphylococcal folliculitis and furunculosis====
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*Occurs in dogs, horses, sheep and goats
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*Dogs:
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**Localised or generalised lesions
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**Affected areas include: muzzle, chin, bridge of nose, pressure points and interdigital areas
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**'''German Shepherd deep pyoderma'''
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***Genetically predisposed
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***Dorsal lumosacral, ventral adbomen  and thigh areas
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*Horses:
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**Areas under tack ususlly involved
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*Goats:
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**Extremities, ventral abdomen, udder, medial thigh, perineum tend to be affected
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*Sheep:
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**Adults: face, limbs and teats
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**Lambs: [[Lips - Anatomy & Physiology|lips]] and perineum
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====Subcutaneous abscesses====
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*Purulent exudate within dermis and subcutis
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*Commonly occurs in cats due to contamination of penetrating wounds
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*Surrounding wall of collagen and fibroblasts may develop
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*Common bacteria (often normal mouth flora)
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**[[Pasteurella species and Mannheimia haemolytica#Pasteurella multocida|''Pasteurella multocida'']], [[Fusobacterium|''Fusobacterium'' spp.]], [[Streptococci|beta - haemolytic streptococci]], [[Bacteroides|''Bacteroides'']]
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====Bacterial granulomatous dermatitis====
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*Usually due to saprophytes
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*Grossly:
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**Diffuse or nodular lesions
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**May ulcerate and form drainage fistulas
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*Microscopically:
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**Macrophages +/- multinucleated giant cells
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**[[Necrosis - Pathology#Caseation Necrosis|Caseous necrosis]] and [[Neutrophils - WikiBlood|neutrophils]]
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*'''Mycobacterial granulomatous or pyogranulomatous lesions'''
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**Usually caused by [[Mycobacteria spp.|''Mycobacterium lepraemurium'']] (feline leprosy) or other ''Mycobacteria''
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**Most commonly lesions appear on head, neck and legs
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*'''Botryomycosis'''
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**Granulomatous dermatitis caused by nonfilamentous bacteria
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**Usually [[staphylococcus spp.|''Staphylococcus aureus'']]
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**Small, yellow granules are formed - sulfur granules
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***Central bacteria surrounded by homogeneous eosinophilic material
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*Filamentous bacteria can also cause granulomas
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**''E.g.'' [[Actinomycetes|''Actinomyces'' and ''Nocardia'']], [[Actinobacillus species|''Actinobacillus'']]
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===Bacterial pododermatitis===
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*Digital infections in ruminants
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*'''Contagious footrot'''
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**Usually caused by [[Bacteroides|''Bacteroides nodosus'']] together with [[Fusobacterium|''Fusobacterium necrophorum'']]
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**Moisture and trauma allow ''B. nodosus'' to enter -> aids bacterial penetration of epidermis -> ''F. necrophorum'' invades -> necrosis and inflammation
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**Grossly:
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***Early lesions - red, moist, swollen, eroded interdigital skin
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***Spreads to epidermal matrix of hoof -> separation of horn + malodorous exudate
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***Regeneration attempted as germinal epithelium is not destroyed
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***Chronic infections -> long , misshapen hoof
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**Benign footrot (scald)- only interdigital ski affected, slight separation of heel horn
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***Mostly the type occuring in cattle
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*'''Necrobacillosis''' of the foot
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**Usually caused by [[Fusobacterium|''Fusobacterium necrophorum'']] with other bacteria
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**In sheep:
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***'''Ovine interdigital dermatitis'''
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****Acute necrotising dermatitis similar to benign footrot
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***'''Foot abscesses'''
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****Bulbular or lamellar
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****Mostly in wet conditions and in heavy sheep
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**In cattle:
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***'''Interdigital dermatitis and cellulitis'''
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***Caused by ''F. necrophorum'' and [[Bacteroides|''Bacteroides melaninogenicus'']]
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***Predisposed by trauma
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***Grossly:
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****Fissures, necrotic swollen edges in interdigital spaces
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****Inflammation may spread to joint spaces
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===Systemic bacterial infections===
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*[[Salmonella|'''Salmonellosis''']]
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**Capillary dilatation and congestion -> cyanosis of external ears and abdoman
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**Thrombosis -> necrosis of extremities
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*'''Erysipelas''' in pigs
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**Caused by [[Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae|''Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae'']]
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**Vasculitis, thrombosis, ischaemia -> cutaneous lesions - firm, raises, rhomboidal pink to dark purple areas
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*[[Clostridium species#Clostridium novyi|''Clostridium novyi'']]
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**Severe cellulitis, toxaemia and death of young rams during breeding season (due to traumatised heads) - 'big head'
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*[[Streptococci|''Streptococcus equi'']]
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**In horses
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**Immune complex vasculitis -> [[Haemorrhage - Pathology#Purpura haemorrhagica|purpura]]

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Cutaneous bacterial infections tend to be called pyodermas. They are superficial, deep and are common in dogs, but less common in other species.

Superficial pyoderma

Superficial pyoderma in a dog (Courtesy of Bristol BioMed Image Archive)
  • Affects epidermis and upper infundibulum of hair follicles
  • No scarring when healed
  • Grossly:
  • Microscopically:
    • Intraepidermal pustular dermatitis
    • Superficial suppurative folliculitis
    • Bacteria commonly not seen

Impetigo

  • = Superficial pustular dermatitis
  • Caused by coagulase-positive Staphylococcus spp.
  • Associated with:
  • Grossly:
  • Microscopically:
    • Interfollicular neutrophilic subcorneal pustule

Dermatophilosis

Dermatophilosis in a cow (Courtesy of Bristol BioMed Image Archive)
  • Caused by Dermatophilus congolensis
  • Affects cattle, horses, sheep mainly
  • More common in wet and warm weather
  • Transmotted from animal to animal
  • Lesions tend to form on dorsal back and extremities
  • Associated with skin trauma, prolonged wetting or parasites
    • -> penetration of zoospores
  • Bacteria proliferate in outer sheath of hair follicles and superficial epidermis
  • Gram-positive, filamentous branching organisms, subdivided longitudinally and transversly
  • Causing:
    • Acute inflammatory response -> neutrophil migration through dermis and epidermis -> formation of microabscesses
    • Further penetration of bacteria is thus prevented
    • Regenerated epidermis is invaded again by remaining organisms
    • Repeated reinfection -> multilaminated pustular crusts
  • Grossly:
  • Microscopically:
    • Hyperplastic superficial perivascular dermatitis
    • Multilaminated crusts, alternating keratin and inflammatory cell layers

Greasy pig disease

  • = Exudative epidermitis of pigs
  • Caused by Staphylococcus hyicus
  • Affects neonatal piglets - often fatal, older piglets - milder disease
  • Focal erosion of stratum corneum
  • Brown exudate
  • Dermatitis around eyes, ears, snout, chin and medial legs, may spread to ventral abdomen and thorax
  • Rapidly becomes generalised -> greasy exudate over red skin -> hardened, cracked exudate
  • In older piglets, milder localised disease develops around eyes, ears and face
  • Grossly:
    • Thickened epidermis, scaling
  • Microscopically:
    • Early - subcorneal pustular dermatitis extending to hair follicles -> superficial suppurative folliculitis
    • Late - hyperplastic epidermis, thick keratin crusts with cocci, microabscesses

Ovine fleece rot

Equine pastern folliculitis

  • = Greasy heel
  • Secondary pyoderma
  • Affects caudal pastern and fetlock

Deep pyoderma

Staphylococcal folliculitis and furunculosis

  • Occurs in dogs, horses, sheep and goats
  • Dogs:
    • Localised or generalised lesions
    • Affected areas include: muzzle, chin, bridge of nose, pressure points and interdigital areas
    • German Shepherd deep pyoderma
      • Genetically predisposed
      • Dorsal lumosacral, ventral adbomen and thigh areas
  • Horses:
    • Areas under tack ususlly involved
  • Goats:
    • Extremities, ventral abdomen, udder, medial thigh, perineum tend to be affected
  • Sheep:
    • Adults: face, limbs and teats
    • Lambs: lips and perineum

Subcutaneous abscesses

Bacterial granulomatous dermatitis

  • Usually due to saprophytes
  • Grossly:
    • Diffuse or nodular lesions
    • May ulcerate and form drainage fistulas
  • Microscopically:
  • Mycobacterial granulomatous or pyogranulomatous lesions
    • Usually caused by Mycobacterium lepraemurium (feline leprosy) or other Mycobacteria
    • Most commonly lesions appear on head, neck and legs
  • Botryomycosis
    • Granulomatous dermatitis caused by nonfilamentous bacteria
    • Usually Staphylococcus aureus
    • Small, yellow granules are formed - sulfur granules
      • Central bacteria surrounded by homogeneous eosinophilic material
  • Filamentous bacteria can also cause granulomas

Bacterial pododermatitis

  • Digital infections in ruminants
  • Contagious footrot
    • Usually caused by Bacteroides nodosus together with Fusobacterium necrophorum
    • Moisture and trauma allow B. nodosus to enter -> aids bacterial penetration of epidermis -> F. necrophorum invades -> necrosis and inflammation
    • Grossly:
      • Early lesions - red, moist, swollen, eroded interdigital skin
      • Spreads to epidermal matrix of hoof -> separation of horn + malodorous exudate
      • Regeneration attempted as germinal epithelium is not destroyed
      • Chronic infections -> long , misshapen hoof
    • Benign footrot (scald)- only interdigital ski affected, slight separation of heel horn
      • Mostly the type occuring in cattle
  • Necrobacillosis of the foot
    • Usually caused by Fusobacterium necrophorum with other bacteria
    • In sheep:
      • Ovine interdigital dermatitis
        • Acute necrotising dermatitis similar to benign footrot
      • Foot abscesses
        • Bulbular or lamellar
        • Mostly in wet conditions and in heavy sheep
    • In cattle:
      • Interdigital dermatitis and cellulitis
      • Caused by F. necrophorum and Bacteroides melaninogenicus
      • Predisposed by trauma
      • Grossly:
        • Fissures, necrotic swollen edges in interdigital spaces
        • Inflammation may spread to joint spaces

Systemic bacterial infections

  • Salmonellosis
    • Capillary dilatation and congestion -> cyanosis of external ears and abdoman
    • Thrombosis -> necrosis of extremities
  • Erysipelas in pigs
    • Caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
    • Vasculitis, thrombosis, ischaemia -> cutaneous lesions - firm, raises, rhomboidal pink to dark purple areas
  • Clostridium novyi
    • Severe cellulitis, toxaemia and death of young rams during breeding season (due to traumatised heads) - 'big head'
  • Streptococcus equi
    • In horses
    • Immune complex vasculitis -> purpura
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