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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Small Anim Pract. 2011 Jun;52(6):310–318. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2011.01072.x

Table 1.

Non-infectious disease use, confirmed, suspect, no evidence of infection criteria.

Non-infectious use (excluded
from analysis)		 Confirmed diagnosis
of infection:		 Suspect infection: No evidence of
infection:
Prophylactic use:

  • Chemotherapy/radiation patients without documented infection

  • Surgical use = one-time use pre or peri operative

  • Positive culture

  • Fluid analysis with presence of infection

  • Positive tick titer or SNAP test

  • Open wound

  • Sepsis with evidence of bacterial infection in abdominal fluid (but no culture)

  • Radiographss indicating pneumonia (without TTA and culture)

  • Skin infection

  • Purulent discharge

  • Visualization of GI perforation

  • Diagnostic test indicating active infection

  • Unclear reason

  • Negative culture or titers
Non-antimicrobial use of metronidazole:

  • Diarrhea

  • Portosystemic shunt