Pneumonia in dogs: shorter or longer course of antimicrobial therapy?

Canine pneumonia treatment has traditionally included antimicrobial administration for 4 to 6 weeks and/or at least 1 to 2 weeks beyond resolution of clinical and/or radiographic signs of disease. The aim of this randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled clinical trial was therefore to describe clinical and radiographic outcomes in dogs with pneumonia that were treated with a shorter (2-week) or longer (4-week) duration of antimicrobial therapy. Dogs were randomly assigned to either a 2-week course of antimicrobials followed by a 2-week course of placebo medication (2-week group) or a 4-week course of antimicrobials (4-week group). All study investigators and owners were masked ...

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