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Clinical Use of Topical Buffered-EDTA Solutions in the Treatment of Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections of Dogs and Cats

Greene, C.
AntiMicrobial Chemotherapy
Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat
p. 171 Saunders, 1984

Solution Used Antimicrobial Combination Species Condition Causative Organism Therapeutic Regimen Results Reference
Tromethamine
(TRIS)-EDTA
None Dogs Experimental otitis Pseudomonas 5 ml in ear canal b.i.d. for 7 days Effective: 46% with reduced organisms, 36% cured, 18% no response Blue et al., 1974
TRIS-EDTA Lysozyme with and without gentamicin Dogs Experimental cystitis Pseudomonas aeruginosa 25 ml as catheter flush once daily for 14-16 days Alone as effective as gentamicin, but allows overgrowth of staphylococci and streptococci Wooley et al., 1974
TRIS-EDTA Oxytetracycline Dogs, cats Experimental cystitis Proteus mirabilis Dog: 30 ml as catheter flus, b.i.d. for 7-13 days
Cat: 5 ml as catheter flush, b.i.d. for 7-13 days
Resistance to tetracycline not altered Wooley et al., 1975
TRIS-EDTA Gentamicin Dog (1 case) Rhinosinusitis Pseudomonas 3-4 drops in nostrils 6 times daily for 10 days
Nebulize 6 times daily for 10 days
60 ml flush t.i.d. for 21 days
Effective: Animal cured Wooley et al., 1979
TRIS-EDTA Gentamicin Dog (1 case) Multiple fistulas from surgical wound Pseudomonas 60 ml flush t.i.d. for 21 days Effective: Animal cured Bjorling and Wooley, 1982

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