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Pathogens in otitis externa: diagnostic techniques to identify secondary causes of ear disease
Author(s) -
Shaw Stephen
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.i461
Subject(s) - otitis , identification (biology) , medicine , disease , intensive care medicine , pathology , audiology , biology , surgery , ecology
This article describes the diagnostic techniques needed in the approach to otitis externa in the dog with particular emphasis on the correct identification of microbes causing secondary and perpetuating features of the disease. The common organisms are described, along with the numbers and features that determine whether treatment is necessary, with the emphasis on the correct use of the microscope and cytological interpretation.