Table 1.

Classification of veterinary antimicrobial agents used for canine superficial pyoderma according to Dutch policy on antimicrobial use

Classification	Systemic antimicrobials	Reasoning
1st choice	Clindamycin	Empirical therapy
2nd choice	Amoxicillin, ampicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanate and first‐ and second generation cephalosporins	Antimicrobials not classified as 1st or 3rd choice antimicrobials. Do not use, unless there is a good clinical motivation to not use the 1st choice.
3rd choice	Fluoroquinolones and third‐ and fourth generation cephalosporins	By Dutch law restricted to use only after culture and susceptibility testing shows resistance to 1st and 2nd choice antimicrobials
Never allowed	Carbapenems, glycopeptide antimicrobials, oxazolidinone, daptomycin, mupirocin and tigecycline	By Dutch law restricted to use only as last resort antimicrobial in people