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Table 8 Reported treatments in cats and dogs

From: Bartonella infections in cats and dogs including zoonotic aspects

Host

Clinical Bartonella spp. manifestations/species

Treatment

Dose/duration

Referencea

Cats

Bacteremia and uveitis/Bartonella spp.

Doxycycline + Pradofloxacin

5 mg/kg PO q 12 h/4–6 weeks + 5 mg/kg PO q 12 h/4–6 weeks

[167]

Doxycycline

10 mg/kg PO q 12–24 h/4–6 weeks

[170]

Azithromycin

10 mg/kg PO q 24–48 h/ 7 days followed by every other day for 6–12 weeks

[169]

Endocarditis/B. henselae

Marbofloxacin + Azithromycin

5 mg/kg PO q 24 h/6 weeks + 10 mg/kg PO q 24 h for 7 days and then q 48 h/6 weeks

[294]

Osteomyelitis and polyarthritis/B. vinsonii berkhoffii

Amoxicillin-clavulanate + Azithromycin

62.5 mg PO q 12 h/2 months + 10 mg/kg PO q 48 h/3 months

[168]

Dogs

Splenic vasculitis, thrombosis and infarction/B. henselae

Doxycycline + Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

5–10 mg/kg PO q 12 h/4 weeks + 23 mg/kg, PO q 12 h/6 weeks

[28]

Neurological and ocular disorders/Bartonella spp.

Doxycycline + Enrofloxacin

5–15 mg/kg PO q 12 h + 5 mg/kg PO q 12 h/4–6 weeks

[169]

Doxycycline + Rifampicin

5–10 mg/kg PO q 12 + 5 mg/kg PO q 24 h/ 4-6 weeks

Endocarditis/B. koehlerae

Ampicillin + Enrofloxacin

22 mg/kg PO q 8 h + 5 mg/kg PO q 12–24 h/4–6 weeks

[30]

Hemangiopericytoma/B. vinsonii berkhoffii

Enrofloxacin

5 mg/kg PO q 12 h/4–6 weeks

[14]

  1. aDetails included in Table 8 are provided in references
  2. Abbreviations: q every, PO oral administration