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Cephalosporins – pharmacological basis of clinical use in veterinary dermatology
Author(s) -
Mason I.S.,
Kietzmann M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
veterinary dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1365-3164
pISSN - 0959-4493
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3164.1999.00183.x
Subject(s) - cephalosporin , medicine , antibiotics , dermatology , pyoderma , cephalosporin antibiotic , staphylococcus intermedius , veterinary medicine , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus , biology , bacteria , genetics
Cephalosporins form a large group of β‐lactam antibiotics which are used extensively in human medicine and to a lesser extent in domestic animals. In veterinary dermatology, the principle use for the cephalosporins is the clinical management of canine pyoderma associated with Staphylococcus intermedius . In practice, the use of orally administered first generation cephalosporin drugs to affected dogs is well tolerated and highly efficacious. Bacterial drug resistance appears to occur rarely.