ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2021
Bacterial infection in dogs with aspiration pneumonia at 2 tertiary referral practices.
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- Impaired oral health: a required companion of bacterial aspiration pneumonia.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2024Review
- The importance of morphological changes in neutrophils in the diagnosis of bacterial infections in dogs with confirmed urinary tract infections in a Veterinary Care Service, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Brazilian journal of veterinary medicine · 2023Article
- Positive Airway Cultures in Dogs and Cats Receiving Mechanical Ventilation for Tick Paralysis.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Association between quantitative bacterial culture of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and antibiotic requirement in dogs with lower respiratory tract signs.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2022Article
- Serial analysis of blood biomarker concentrations in dogs with pneumonia, septic peritonitis, and pyometra.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2022Article
- Bacterial infection in dogs with aspiration pneumonia at 2 tertiary referral practices.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2021Article
- Comparison of Short- versus Long-Course Antimicrobial Therapy of Uncomplicated Bacterial Pneumonia in Dogs: A Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn dogs, antimicrobial drugs are widely prescribed for aspiration pneumonia (AP) despite poor documentation of bacterial infection in AP (b-AP) using bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) analysis. Interpretating discordant cytology and culture results is challenging, contributing to lack of a criterion standard, and highlighting differences between veterinary and human medical criteria for b-AP.
objectivesDetermine how many dogs with AP had BALF collection and differences in diagnosis of b-AP using veterinary vs human medical criteria. Report findings of noninvasive markers (e.g. fever, band neutrophilia, radiographic severity score) in dogs with and without b-AP. ANIMALS: Retrospective cohort study of client-owned dogs (n = 429) with AP at 2 university veterinary hospitals. Twenty-four dogs met enrollment criteria.
methodsInclusion criteria were radiographic diagnosis of AP, ≥1 risk factor, CBC findings, and BALF cytology and culture results. Veterinary medical b-AP criteria were cytology findings compatible with sepsis with or without positive culture, or cytology findings not consistent with sepsis and positive culture (≥1.7 × 10
resultsOnly 24/429 dogs met all enrollment criteria; 379/429 dogs lacked BALF collection. Diagnosis of b-AP differed using veterinary (79%) vs human (29%) medical criteria. Fever, band neutrophils and high radiographic scores were noted in dogs with and without b-AP. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Lack of routine BALF collection hampers definitive recognition of bacterial infection in AP. Differences in dogs meeting veterinary vs human medical definitions for b-AP and usefulness of noninvasive markers warrant further study to improve understanding of the role of bacteria in AP.
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