Single Cold Atmospheric Plasma Therapy May Improve the Treatment Outcome of Canine Otitis Externa With Secondary Infection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Otitis externa (OE) with secondary bacterial or yeast infection is a common problem in small animal practice. Cold physical plasma (CPP) has been reported to have antimicrobial activity in vitro.

Hypothesis/objectives

This randomised, blinded, prospective study assessed the influence of additional CPP treatment on the recovery of canine OE with secondary infection.

Animals

Twenty-one dogs with bilateral clinical OE and cytological evidence of infection were included.

Materials and methods

An ear flush was performed with saline solution in all dogs. Additionally, one ear of each dog, chosen in a prospective randomised fashion, was treated with CPP for 30 s. Afterwards, both ears were treated with a depot ear medication containing betamethasone, terbin

SUBMITTER: Mueller RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12796994 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature