Study on Prevalence and Resistance Patterns of Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Canine Pyoderma

Abstract

Canine Pyoderma is one of the multifactorial bacterial skin diseases in worlds wide, clinically characterized with primary skin lesions included papules, pustules, followed by secondary skin lesions crusting, epidermal collarettes, alopecia, scaling, erythema, pruritus, lichenification and hyperpigmentation(Manon etal.,1990).The primary pathogens of Pyoderma is Staphylococcus intermedius (Scott et al., 1998), along with Staphylococcus aureus (Paradis et al., 2001). However, other causative organisms such as Proteus spp., Pseudomonas spp., E. coli, Actinomyces spp., Actinobacillus spp., Fusobacterium spp., and Mycobacterium spp. can also occur in deep pyoderma (Paradis et al., 2001). They are mostly harmless commensalism of the skin and mucous membranes but are potentially pathogenic to humans and many other animal species (Vanni et al., 2009). Deep skin infections are generally the continuation of a superficial infection (Papich et al., 1995). Currently, the diagnosis of canine Pyoderma is based on history and clinical observation of compatible clinical signs. Usually three complementary aids used to confirm the clinical diagnosis of Pyoderma includes cytology, skin scraping, and isolation and culture of bacterial and fungal however the International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 01 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com