ArticleFrontiers in veterinary science2023
Exploring fluorescent light energy as management option for canine superficial bacterial folliculitis.
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- Antimicrobial use guidelines for canine pyoderma by the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID).Veterinary dermatology · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of Fluorescence Photobiomodulation on Canine Progenitor Epidermal Keratinocytes With and Without Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Colonisation.Veterinary dermatology · 2026Article
- Fluorescent Light Energy in Feline Surgical and Traumatic Wounds: A Prospective Single-Arm Pilot Study of Healing Progression and Bacterial Findings.Veterinary medicine and science · 2026Article
- Clinical practice recommendations and expected outcomes with fluorescent light energy: a Delphi-like consensus.BMC veterinary research · 2025Article
- Antimicrobial Strategies Proposed for the Treatment ofVeterinary sciences · 2024Review
- Exposure to blue light reduces antimicrobial resistantFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Superficial bacterial folliculitis (SBF) represents a common dermatological diagnosis in dogs that can be successfully managed with either topical and/or systemic treatments. In the present study we evaluated the efficacy of a fluorescent light energy (FLE) device as sole management for SBF. The same FLE device has been shown, as adjunct therapy to systemic antibiotic or alone, to effectively control clinical manifestation of interdigital furunculosis. Twenty dogs were randomized to receive FLE once (six dogs) or twice (six dogs) weekly in comparison with oral anti-biotic (eight dogs) until complete healing. FLE regimen was able to significantly reduce the time needed to clinical resolution for oral antibiotic, supporting owners' compliance and welfare of dogs.
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