ArticleJournal of feline medicine and surgery2022
A multicenter study of antimicrobial prescriptions for cats diagnosed with bacterial urinary tract disease.
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- Estimation of defined daily doses of antimicrobials for dogs and cats treated for bacterial cystitis.The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne · 2022Article
- Medication compliance by cat owners prescribed treatment for home administration.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
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- Prevalence of antibiotic use for dogs and cats in United States veterinary teaching hospitals, August 2020.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to evaluate initial antimicrobial therapy in cats diagnosed with upper or lower bacterial urinary tract infections at veterinary practices in the USA and Canada.
methodsElectronic medical records from a veterinary practice corporation with clinics in the USA and Canada were queried between 2 January 2016 and 3 December 2018. Feline patient visits with a diagnosis field entry of urinary tract infection, cystitis and pyelonephritis, as well as variation of those names and more colloquial diagnoses such as kidney and bladder infection, and where an antimicrobial was prescribed, were retrieved.
resultsPrescription data for 5724 visits were identified. Sporadic cystitis was the most common diagnosis (n = 5051 [88%]), with 491 (8.6%) cats diagnosed with pyelonephritis and 182 (3.2%) with chronic or recurrent cystitis. Cefovecin was the most commonly prescribed antimicrobial for all conditions, followed by amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. Significant differences in antimicrobial drug class prescribing were noted between practice types and countries, and over the 3-year study period. For sporadic cystitis, prescription of amoxicillin-clavulanic acid increased significantly and cefovecin decreased between 2016 and 2018, and 2017 and 2018, while fluoroquinolone use increased between 2017 and 2018. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The results indicate targets for intervention and some encouraging trends. Understanding how antimicrobials are used is a key component of antimicrobial stewardship and is required to establish benchmarks, identify areas for improvement, aid in the development of interventions and evaluate the impact of interventions or other changes.
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