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Osteomyelitis in dogs and cats caused by anaerobic bacteria
Author(s) -
JOHNSON K. A.,
LOMAS G. R.,
WOOD A. K. W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1984.tb07193.x
Subject(s) - osteomyelitis , anaerobic bacteria , cats , actinomyces , fusobacterium , penicillin , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , bacteroides , fusobacterium nucleatum , bacteroides fragilis , bacteria , pathology , biology , antibiotics , surgery , porphyromonas gingivalis , genetics
SUMMARY Localised osteomyelitis was diagnosed in 2 dogs and 2 cats. The disease was caused by fight wounds in 3 cases. Radiographic examination demonstrated a circumscribed zone of cortical bone lysis, sequestra and periosteal new bone. Each case was treated surgically by sequestrectomy and debridement. Infection was due mainly to anaerobic bacteria. The pathogenic bacteria isolated from the lesions of dogs were Actinomyces viscosus, Fusobacterium nucleatum and Bacteroides spp, and from the lesions in cats were Clostridium villosum, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Wolinella recta and Bacteroides gingivalis. As all the bacteria were sensitive to penicillin, each case was treated with penicillin and by irrigation of the wound. This resulted in resolution of the disease, within 4 weeks, in all cases.