Efficacy of antibiotic treatment in cows affected with cystitis and those affected with pyelonephritis due to Corynebacterium renale.

Abstract

The efficacy of antibiotic treatment in Corynebacterium renale infection was examined employing 26 cows whose serum antibody to C. renale was negative and thus diagnosed as to be suffered from cystitis alone and 19 cows whose serum antibody was positive and diagnosed as to be affected with pyelonephritis. The therapy was more successful in cows affected with cystitis alone than those affected with pyelonephritis. With regard to cows affected with cystitis alone the treatment was successful in the case of infection with C. renale of types I and II, but was unsuccessful in the case of infection with type III organisms.