Selected article for: "common clinical diagnosis and viral infection"

Author: Dear, Jonathan D.
Title: Bacterial Pneumonia in Dogs and Cats: An Update
  • Cord-id: cw98bv2i
  • Document date: 2019_12_5
  • ID: cw98bv2i
    Snippet: Bacterial pneumonia is a common clinical diagnosis in dogs but seems to occur less often in cats. Underlying causes include viral infection, aspiration injury, foreign body inhalation, and defects in clearance of respiratory secretions. Identification of the specific organisms involved in disease, appropriate use of antibiotics and adjunct therapy, and control of risk factors for pneumonia improve management.
    Document: Bacterial pneumonia is a common clinical diagnosis in dogs but seems to occur less often in cats. Underlying causes include viral infection, aspiration injury, foreign body inhalation, and defects in clearance of respiratory secretions. Identification of the specific organisms involved in disease, appropriate use of antibiotics and adjunct therapy, and control of risk factors for pneumonia improve management.

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