Background
Bacterial skin disease (or pyoderma) is a common canine disorder, usually associated with staphylococci (Mason, 1991). Bacteria may cause an infection secondary to local trauma due to scratching caused by parasites, irritants, allergies etc. (Bajwa, 2016). Treatment for these infections frequently leads to prescription of systemic antimicrobial agents. However, the ability to treat canine pyoderma effectively is now limited substantially by the emergence of multidrug-resistant, methicillin-resistant staphylococci (MRS) (Loeffler & Lloyd, 2018). The use of non-antibiotic treatment should, therefore, be considered.
Case presentation
The condition (Figure 1) persisted for many years.
Figure 1: Canine bacterial skin disease (or pyoderma) persisting for many years.
Management and Result
NanomedSa’s Oxyprop was applied 3 times daily. Applications were then reduced to twice daily, and lastly once per day until the infection cleared up and hair started growing back 2 months later (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Two months after application of Oxyprop was initiated
NanomedSa’s Oxyprop combines the antimicrobial, anticancer and healing properties of propolis (Grange & Davey. 1990; Bankova et al. 1995; Ramos & Marinda. 2007; Dalben et al. 2011; Sawicka et al. 2012; Pobiega et al. 2017; Ishida et al. 2018) and ozonated olive oil (Sechi et al. 2001; Patel et al. 2012; Elshenawie et al. 2013).
The balm can be applied topically for a variety of skin ailments in animals including:
- Staphylococcal Pyoderma (bacterial skin infection)
- Eczema
- Ringworm
A patch test on small area should be performed prior to usage to determine skin sensitivity.
The product should not be applied to open wounds.
Ingredients: Propolis, TripleO (ozonated olive oil), beeswax, almond oil and lanolin.
References
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