Antibiotic-responsive generalized nonlesional pruritus in a dog |
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| Authors: | W H Miller |
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| Institution: | Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853. |
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| Abstract: | A 15-year-old dog was evaluated for a nonresponsive generalized pruritic condition of 5 months duration. Routine diagnostic testing, including intradermal testing with 63 inhaled allergens and the feeding of a home-cooked hypoallergenic diet, failed to define the cause of the pruritus. An intradermal skin test with a staphylococcal cell wall/toxoid mixture and a skin biopsy of the skin test site suggested that the dog had a bacterial hypersensitivity. Antibiotic therapy eliminated the pruritus and the dog's pruritus was successfully managed for 3 years with the combined use of subtherapeutic dosages of antibiotics and a commercial staphylococcal vaccine. |
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