Re: [pyrnet] Staph Infections - Immune System

[Jack & Charlotte Perry <pyreau@erols.com>]

Where is everyone....haven't had any messages in the past 24 hours!

Stephanie, about Paddy's staph infections, had you changed his diet in any way?.
We had a dog who had terrible itchy skin and staph infections.  A friend
suggested that he might be allergic to corn.  When we put him on a dog food
without corn (beware, some of the "lamb & rice foods have corn in them) all the
skin problems went away.  Have recently heard of 3 other dogs with the same
problem.  Someone suggested that it might not be the corn but rather some sort of
mold in the corn that caused the problem.
Charlotte

PyrMom@aol.com wrote:

> Pyr lovers,
>
> Hope you can shed some light on a problem my Paddy has.  As you may be aware,
> the staph bacteria is a common bacteria found in mammals.  Paddy is not able
> to fight off the staph bacteria and has constant rashes and infections from
> this.  Recently I had several skin scrapings, cultures and biopsies done to
> be sure this was the problem and all tests have come back as staph.
>
> My vet has put him on Baytril (we already tried Keflex, and Clavamox which he
> could not tolerate as he became ill from them).
>
> My questions are: is the inability to fight off the staph infection a sign of
> a compromised immune system?  I am concerned that this may lead to other
> infections.  Is this likely?
>
> I would appreciate any information any of you may have regarding staph and
> immune systems.  My vet is very helpful and she sees Paddy weekly for
> checkups to make sure he is doing OK, but I would like to hear the opinions
> of Pyr fanciers.  Have any of you ever encountered anything like this?
>
> Thanks for your information.
>
> Stephanie, TeaTime and Paddy the Pyr
> pyrmom@aol.com
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