Efficacy of clindamycin hydrochloride capsules for the treatment of deep pyoderma due to Staphylococcus intermedius infection in dogs

Clindamycin hydrochloride capsules (11 mg/kg body weight, q24h) were admini stered orally to 20 dogs with deep staphylococcal pyoderma. Response to the rapy was excellent in 100% of the dogs. Duration of therapy varied from 21 to 91 d, with an average duration of 45 d. Relapses occurred in 25% of the dogs within a 3-month period. One dog vomited when the clindamycin was give n on an empty stomach. Under the conditions of the study, clindamycin was a n effective, safe, and convenient antibiotic for the treatment of deep stap hylococcal pyoderma in dogs.