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Bacterial pneumonia associated with corticosteroid therapy in three horses
Author(s) -
Mair T. S.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.138.9.205
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , pemphigus foliaceus , disseminated intravascular coagulation , antibiotics , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , biology , antibody , autoantibody
Three horses developed severe pulmonary infections while being treated with systemic corticosteroids for other diseases. Two of them had an immune‐mediated skin disease, compatible with a diagnosis of pemphigus foliaceus, and one had severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Case 1 developed diffuse pneumonia from which Streptococcus zooepidemicus and Bacteroides melaninogenicus were isolated, and it responded to antibiotic therapy. Case 2 developed septicaemia, pulmonary thrombosis and pneumonia associated with Escherichia coli , and died during a peracute illness with signs of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Case 3 developed focal pneumonia from which S zooepidemicus was isolated. This horse was destroyed at the owner's request and no treatment was attempted.