What is it about?
The location of leakage in the gastrointestinal tract and associated bacterial species were theoretically believed to affect the prognosis in septic peritonitis. However, this retrospective study showed no association between the origin of contamination or bacterial species and the outcome.
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Why is it important?
Despite the general belief of association between bacterial species and outcome, no research had been done to investigate the association between the origin of contamination and the outcome and between bacterial species and outcome in dogs with septic peritonitis prior to the present study. Our findings are important for prognostic information as well as direction for future studies.
Perspectives
Although our study found no association between the origin of contamination and the outcome and between microorganism and the outcome in dogs with septic peritonitis, the study had limitations associated with the nature of a retrospective study. I hope this study encourages further studies to investigate the effect of certain microorganism on the outcome.
Yuki Uetsu
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This page is a summary of: Association of the origin of contamination and species of microorganisms with short‐term survival in dogs with septic peritonitis, Australian Veterinary Journal, November 2022, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/avj.13220.
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