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  • Title: Impact of appropriate empirical antimicrobial therapy on outcome of dogs with septic peritonitis.
    Author: Dickinson AE, Summers JF, Wignal J, Boag AK, Keir I.
    Journal: J Vet Emerg Crit Care (San Antonio); 2015; 25(1):152-9. PubMed ID: 25545023.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To determine whether appropriate empirical antimicrobial therapy influenced survival in dogs with septic peritonitis. DESIGN: Retrospective case series (2003-2011). SETTING: University teaching hospital. ANIMALS: Eighty-six dogs with cytological confirmation or positive bacterial culture of abdominal sepsis and subsequent surgical intervention. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENT AND MAIN RESULTS: Forty-nine of 86 dogs (57%) survived to hospital discharge. Thirty-seven of 86 dogs were classified as having ''abdominal infection,'' 31/86 as ''severe sepsis,'' and the remaining 18/86 as in ''septic shock.'' Mortality was greatest in the ''septic shock'' category (94%). Empirical antimicrobial treatments were appropriate in 41/78 dogs (52.6%). Appropriateness was not associated with treatment outcome overall or when compared between sepsis severity groups. Antimicrobials had been given in the 30 days before admission in 63/86 (73.3%) dogs. Prior therapy with antimicrobials showed no association with outcome (P = 0.512) but was associated with subsequent inappropriate empirical antimicrobial selection (P = 0.031). Recent abdominal surgery was associated with subsequent inappropriate empirical antimicrobial selection (P = 0.021). CONCLUSIONS: In this population, appropriateness of empirical antimicrobial choice was not associated with survival to discharge. Previous antimicrobial administration or abdominal surgery was associated with subsequent inappropriate empirical antimicrobial selection.
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