Dogs with atopic dermatitis whose bacterial infections are under control should be bathed once or twice a week, but for dogs with resistant staph skin infections, Fadok recommends daily bathing.

Knowing the dog had already been on two antibiotics that normally kill that bug, she started her on a different oral antibiotic as well as an anti-bacterial skin wash while awaiting test results.

A variety of skin disorders cause pustules in dogs, but infection is the No. 1 cause, Miller said. Staph infections can be tentatively diagnosed simply by looking at the lesions, but cytology ...

Dogs can pass a staph infection to humans through contact with a wound or dog bite. Dogs are very similar to humans in relation to staph — the bacterium lives on their skin and in their nose and ...

Cephalexin (Keflex, Rilexine) is a medicine used to treat dogs and cats for skin infections caused by certain bacteria, especially staph infections. It’s also used extra-label or off-label to ...

Aug. 16, 2006 — -- Their stories are numerous -- the people who know, firsthand, how common antibiotic-resistant skin staph infections have become. Take Jessica Knowles of San Antonio whose ...

Pyoderma, literally meaning "pus in the skin," often sounds and looks scarier than it is. A relatively common condition in dogs, pyoderma is characterized by skin infection and irritation and can ...