Table 2.

Bacteriology results, antibiotic treatment, and outcomes for each cat in the case series.

Cat	Results of aerobic culture of abscess	Antibiotic treatment	Outcome
1	Burkholderia cepacia complex 2+; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia 2+; Pseudomonas putida 1+	Amoxicillin–clavulanic acid, cefovecin, enrofloxacin, trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole	Recheck with full recovery after 31 d
2	B. cepacia complex 1+	Amoxicillin–clavulanic acid, cefovecin, doxycycline, ciprofloxacin	Recheck with full recovery after 63 d
3	B. cepacia complex 3+	Amoxicillin–clavulanic acid, ampicillin	Found deceased after 14 d, submitted for autopsy
4	B. cepacia complex 1+	Cefovecin, enrofloxacin, pradofloxacin	Euthanasia after 12 d, submitted for autopsy
5	B. cepacia complex 1+; Corynebacterium sp. 4+	Cefovecin, trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole	Recheck with full recovery after 11 d

1+ = light growth; 2+ = light-to-medium growth; 3+ = medium-to-heavy growth; 4+ = heavy growth.