The report looked at
antimicrobial usage patterns from the electronic medical records of dogs evaluated for urinary tract infections (UTIs) or respiratory tract infections (RTIs) at any of 926 general - practice Banfield Pet Hospitals over the course of a calendar year (January 1, 2015 — December 31, 2015).
Usage patterns were evaluated for concordance with recommendations for
antimicrobial treatment (drug, dosage, frequency, and duration) of UTIs and RTIs published by the Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID).3, 5 Because the primary aim was to evaluate concordance with current first - line treatment guidelines, only episodes in which a single antimicrobial was dispensed were included in
antimicrobial treatment (drug, dosage, frequency, and duration) of UTIs and RTIs published by the
Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID).3, 5 Because the primary aim was to evaluate concordance with current first - line treatment guidelines, only episodes in which a single antimicrobial was dispensed were included in
Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID).3, 5 Because the primary aim was to evaluate concordance with current first - line treatment guidelines, only episodes in which a single
antimicrobial was dispensed were included in
antimicrobial was dispensed were included in the analysis.