Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Shih Tzu | Female | spayed | 13 years and 7 months old | 18.02 lbs
Hi while giving my dog a bath, I noticed these large inflamed patches. I’m wondering if it’s something serious or ringworm?
1 Answer
Published on March 9th, 2019
Those look like pyoderma/bacterial skin infection erythematous (red) collarettes. The treatment is typically a 10 day course of prescription Simplicef (cefpodoxime) oral antibiotic, a medicated antibacterial/antifungal shampoo such as Malaseb (available on chewy.com or petco.com) every 2-3 days for 2 weeks and a topical prescription antibiotic/steroid ointment such as Dermavet. Your vet will likely be able to dispense all 3 after an exam if it is confirmed to a bacterial skin infection. Fungal infections are zoonotic/transmissible to humans and typically present as circular areas of complete hair loss that are often scaly. Good luck!
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