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Dino at the ER

Brigitte Cowell

Moderator
Staff member
Cipro is a good broadspectrum antibiotic, so hard to know which bacteria Creep and Crud are... but it ought to work nicely. Hopefully now that the antibiotic has been changed Dino can start to fight off those nasty bugs!
 

Patti

Admin
Staff member
Cipro is an antibiotic that is related to the feline antibiotic Baytril. Even though many antibiotics are in the same class they don't always work on the same bacteria, so I'm glad the vet ran cultures with sensitivities. Are they giving it IV or by mouth?
 

John Popp

Site Supporter
Here's more detail on Creep and Crud and their known aliases.

Creep aka
Enterococcus faecalis 4+

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Crud aka
Escherichia coli 4+

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Brigitte Cowell

Moderator
Staff member
As SV Dad points out, common bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract...and I would guess that infection with them was a risk with the kind of surgery he had. Hope being on a more appropriate antibiotic will resolve the infection fast now!
 

Patti

Admin
Staff member
Typical GI bacteria which doesn't normally cause an infection in the incision site if sterile technique is maintained throughout surgery... of course if there is any post-op messing with the incision this will leave him wide open for the development of an infection. I don't remember you mentioning that Dino was ever going for the incision, maybe he was getting to it on the sly?
 
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