Definitively diagnosing atopic dermatitis in dogs

Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 198-208

  Hillier, Andrew ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; INSECTICIDE; PREDNISONE; SHAMPOO;

ALLERGY TEST; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG DISEASE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRURITUS; PYODERMA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036522137     PISSN: 87507943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (23)

1. Olivry, T. et al.: The ACVD task force on canine atopic dermatitis: Forewords and lexicon. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 81:143-146; 2001.
2. Urticaria, angioedema, and atopy. Allergic Skin Diseases of the Dog and Cat, 2nd Ed. (L.M. Reedy et al., eds.). W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pa., 1997; pp 33-44.
3. Scott, D.W. et al.: Skin immune system and allergic skin diseases. Muller & Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology, 6th Ed. W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, Pa., 2001; pp 543-666.
4. Lund, E.M. et al.: Health status and population characteristics of dogs and cats examined at private veterinary practices in the United States. JAVMA 214 (9):1336-1341; 1999.
5. DeBoer, D.J.; Hillier, A.: The ACVD task force on canine atopic dermatitis (XV): Fundamental concepts in clinical diagnosis. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 81:271-276; 2001.
6. Codner, E.C.; Tinker, M.K.: Reactivity to intradermal injections of extracts of house dust and housedust mite in healthy dogs and dogs suspected of being atopic. JAVMA 206 (6):812-816; 1995.
7. Lian, T.M.; Halliwell, R.E.W.: Allergenspecific IgE and IgGd antibodies in atopic and normal dogs. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 66:203-223; 1998.
8. Scott, D.W.: Observations on canine atopy. JAAHA 17:91-100; 1981.
9. Willemse, A.; van den Brom, W.E.: Investigations of the symptomatology and the significance of immediate skin test reactivity in canine atopic dermatitis. Res. Vet. Sci. 34 (3):261-265; 1983.
10. Griffin, C.E.; DeBoer, DJ.: The ACVD task force on canine atopic dermatitis (XIV): Clinical manifestations of canine atopic dermatitis. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 81:255-269; 2001.
11. Olivry, T. et al.: Cyclosporin-A decreases skin lesions and pruritus in dogs with atopic dermatitis: A prednisolone-controlled blinded trial (abst.). Vet. Dermatol. 11 (suppl. 1):47; 2000.
12. Griffin, CE.: Canine atopic disease. Current Veterinary Dermatology: The Science and Art of Therapy (C.E. Griffin et al., eds.). Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, Mo., 1993; pp 99-120.
13. Pinchbeck, L.R. et al.: Randomized, single-blind evaluation of the efficacy of once-daily and pulse dosing with itraconazole for the treatment of Malassezia sp. infection in dogs (abst.). Vet. Dermatol. 12:236; 2001.
14. Muse, R. et al.: The prevalence of otic manifestations and otitis externa in allergic dogs (abst.). Proc. AAVD/ACVD, AAVD/ACVD, Las Vegas, Nev., 1996; p 23.
15. Duclos, D.D. et al: Prognosis for treatment of adult-onset demodicosis in dogs: 34 cases (1979-1990). JAVMA 204 (4):616-619; 1994.
16. Sousa, C.A.; Halliwell, R.E.W.: The ACVD task force on canine atopic dermatitis (XI): The relationship between arthropod hyper-sensitivity and atopic dermatitis in the dog. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 81:233-237; 2001.
17. Kunkle, G.A.; Horner, S.: Validity of skin testing for diagnosis of food allergy in dogs. JAVMA 200 (5):677-680; 1992.
18. Carlotti, D.N.; Costargent, F.: Analysis of positive skin tests in 449 dogs with allergic dermatitis. Eur. J. Companion Anim. Pract. 4:42-59; 1994.
19. Saridomichelakis, M.N. et al.: Canine atopic dermatitis in Greece: Clinical observations and the prevalence of positive intradermal test reactions in 91 spontaneous cases. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 69 (1):61-73; 1999.
20. Hillier, A. et al.: Reactivity to intradermal injection of extracts of Dermatophagoides farinae, Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, house dust mite mix, and house dust in dogs suspected to have atopic dermatitis: 115 cases (1996-1998). JAVMA 217 (4):536-540; 2000.
21. Griffin, C.E.: Insect and arachnid hyper-sensitivity. Current Veterinary Dermatology: The Science and Art of Therapy (C.E. Griffin et al., eds.). Mosby-Year Book, St. Louis, Mo., 1993; pp 133-137.
22. Cole, L. et al.: Microbial flora and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of isolated pathogens from the horizontal ear canal and middle ear in dogs with otitis media. JAVMA 212 (4):534-538; 1998.
23. Rosser, E.J. Jr.: Diagnosis of food allergy in dogs. JAVMA 203 (2):259-262; 1993.