Staph Infection around jaw area - Updated info? - Page 1

 So Max has a sever staph infection around the jaw area.  I have no idea how he got it.  The vet is treating it accordingly.

Does anyone have any advice, warnings, preventives for reoccurance, etc?   The last post I found was from 2008 and seemed to be related to bathing; I am not sure how much of it relates. 

Thanks in advance.

I had a dog that several years ago got a yeast infection around her lips.. the vet said that it was a Lip Fold Pyoderma. It was treated with Ceph- lex. Once it got cleared up it did not come back. I just made sure that the area stayed clean.... I also sprayed Vetercyn on it..

 Ok.  Thanks. 

So Fawn, is this from allergies or??  Did the vet take a scraping??  Just curious as my young male sometimes looks like he has acne.  Clean with vetericyn cleaner and swab with Vetericyn also, seems to be the most soothing.  Good luck with this,  really do not think you want to put anything like neosporin or??  Things will stick to it.  Ugh.  Let us know would you please...  Thx   Nan

 I am not sure what it is from.  I have not had a chance to fully talk to the vet yet, since my son took Max yesterday (picking up today).

The vet said it was the non-contagious kind on the skin.    I did not catch there was an issue until Max started crying whenever he would move/touch that side of his neck and jaw.    I know he has had a strong doggie oder for awhile now; no amount of bathing would resolve.  I just figured he was a "stinky" dog.

I will know more when I spend a few minutes with the vet on pick up. 

The vetericyn is a good idea and one I would not have thought of to help keep it clean.  Thanks again for that suggestion.

If the vet puts your dog on an antibiotic remember to give a STRONG probiotic about an hour before any medication. That way the meds will not whipe out all the GOOD bacteria in your dogs GI track.

Fawn, if your dog has lipfold pyoderma it can be hard to manage even with antibiotics. It's fairly common in GSD's if their lips don't fit tightly. The area around their mouths stay moist and collect food and that provides a perfect breeding ground for bacterial and other opportunistic infections. If the antibiotics do heal it, it's likely to return again if you are not vigilant. The dog may also have a strange "doggy odor" coming from around its mouth.

I've been able to treat it by cleaning the area 3 times a day using cotton balls soaked with witch hazel and then applying an ointment containing zinc oxide. Desitin diaper rash ointment works well as does an ointment made in Germany called "Penaten". It is available on Amazon. If  you do that and wipe you dogs mouth after it eats and drinks whenever you can, you may not have to give your dog antibiotics anymore and that would be a good thing. 

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Dogs/Lip-Fold-Pyoderma/show/2034838