309. DERM DRUGS: Anti-Staphylococcal Antibiotics

Send me a derm question or story through text or voicemail! Continuing our DERM DRUG series... we are discussing one of the most common class of drugs asked about: antibiotics! Specifically, those used for staphyloccal pyoderma since it is seen almost every day in general practice. A majority of this discussion was developed from the newly updated ISCAID (International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases). These guidelines were updated in 2025 and are open access to the public. You can find them at These guidelines cover duration of treatment, topical therapy and different tiers of systemic antibiotics. Which antibiotics can you feel more comfortable using empirically? Find out on this week's episode of The Derm Vet podcast! 00:00 – Intro 02:12 – Important Precursors 05:37 – First Choice Drugs 08:50 – Second Choice Drugs 14:39 – Reserved Microbial Drugs 21:21 – Overview 23:47 – Outro

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309. DERM DRUGS: Anti-Staphylococcal Antibiotics is an episode from The Derm Vet Podcast by Ashley Bourgeois, DVM, Dip ACVD.

This episode is 24:11 long.

This episode was published on Jan 29, 2026.

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