Sentences with phrase «cefovecin in»
Efficacy and safety of cefovecin in treating bacterial folliculitis, abscesses, or infected wounds in dogs.
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The aim of this study was to determine the bacterial species recovered from cats with LUTI, and their susceptibility to cefovecin in vitro.
Background: The aim of this study was to determine the bacterial species recovered from 61 cats with lower urinary tract infection (LUTI), and their susceptibility to cefovecin in vitro.
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Make sure everyone in your clinic has access to the CONVENIA ® (cefovecin sodium) dosing chart and efficacy information.
Cefovecin sodium [Convenia ®; Pfizer Animal Health; USA] is a newly developed, semi-synthetic, extended - spectrum injectable third - generation cephalosporin administered at 8 mg / kg subcutaneously (SC) for the treatment of UTI and skin and soft tissue infections in dogs and cats and it has been approved for subcutaneous (SC) injections in cats since 2006 in EU and 2008 in USA [4,6 - 9].
Stegemann et al. [4] reported that cefovecin was not appreciably active against Enterococcus spp., although in this study E. faecalis isolates were found to be susceptible in vitro.
Because cefovecin is a new antimicrobial agent in veterinary medicine, there are only few studies about urine culture of cats with LUTI.
It is the first study on in vitro activity of cefovecin against bacterial isolates from cats with lower urinary infections in Istanbul, Turkey.
Our results (81 % of isolates susceptible to cefovecin) are in agreement with these findings.
Stegemann et al. [4] reported that cefovecin exhibited a broad activity against a range of Gram - negative pathogens and was not active in vitro against P. aeruginosa.
While literature suggests good activity of cefovecin against coagulasenegative staphylococci, in this study S. epidermidis isolate was resistant to cefovecin [4,8].
Cefovecin is one of the antimicrobial agents that can be used in lower urinary tract infections and it is easy to administer a single injection.
In a double - blind study, 86 % of dogs treated with CONVENIA ® (cefovecin sodium) required just 1 injection.3
Wright AK, Fadok V, Amodie D. First treatment success with injectable cefovecin sodium in dogs for superficial pyoderma, wounds, and abscesses in different dog populations.
My preference is amoxicillin - clavulanic acid (Clavamox); however, there is an injectible antibiotic formulation called cefovecin (Convenia) in which one injection under the skin provides an entire 14 - day course of treatment and is especially useful in cats that resent oral medication (i.e., every cat on Earth).