Disease complex | Opportunistic pathogens and other often isolated microbes | Pathophysiology/and pathogenesis/ | Main clinical signs | Demands for topical prophylaxis and therapy | |
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Bacteria | Fungi | ||||
Pyoderma (pyotraumatic dermatitis, bacterial overgrowth syndrome, intertrigo, furunculosis, mucocutaneous pyoderma etc.)a | Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Nocardia spp., Actinobacillus spp., Mycobacterium spp., (Staphylococcus schleiferi), Proteus spp., Escherichia coli | Â | bacterial infection, (micro-)trauma, moist skin, erosion/ulceration, hemorrhage, inflammation | erythema, oedema), pain, alopecia, pruritus | astringent, wound healing, antipruritic, analgesic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory |
Canine atopic dermatitisb | Staphylococcus pseudintermedius, Staphylococcus aureus | Malassezia pachydermatis | allergens, skin barrier dysfunction, secondary infection, inflammation | erythema, pruritus | strengthening of skin barrier, antibacterial, antifungal, antipruritic, anti-inflammatory, anti-erythematous |
Otitis externac | Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., β-hemolytic Streptococci, Enterococcus spp., Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Corynebacterium spp. (auriscanis), Acinetobacter baumannii, Proteus mirabilis | Malassezia pachydermatis, (Aspergillus fumigatus, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus terreus) | allergy, hypersensitivity, inflammation, secondary infection | pain | antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, analgesic |
Wounds (traumatic/bite wounds, surgical wounds, wound infections)d | Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Escherichia coli, Pasteurella multocida, Neisseria spp., Corynebacterium spp., Moraxella spp., Enterococcus spp., Fusobacterium spp., Porphyromonas spp., Prevotella spp., Propionibacterium spp., Bacteroides spp., Peptostreptococcus spp., Proteus mirabilis | Â | bacterial infection, hemorrhage, inflammation | pain | astringent, wound healing, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic |
Dermatophytosise | Â | Microsporum canis, Trichophyton spp., (Microsporum gypseum) | microtrauma | erythema, (pruritus) | antifungal, (anti-pruritic) |