Skin and tissue infection NOS

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VeDDRA Code: 1755

718 adverse event reports referencing this reaction

718
Total Reports
62
Deaths
860.0%
Death Rate

Species Most Affected

Dog 629
Cat 63
Cattle 8
Horse 6
Goat 4
Human 4
Chicken 2
Unknown 1
Donkey 1

Breeds Most Affected

Retriever - Labrador 78
Dog (unknown) 42
Domestic Shorthair 38
Shepherd Dog - German 31
Crossbred Canine/dog 27
Shih Tzu 27
Retriever - Golden 22
Boxer (German Boxer) 20
Shepherd Dog - Australian 18
Bulldog 18

Associated Drugs

Oclacitinib Maleate 196
Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad 103
Bedinvetmab 66
Trilostane 51
Carprofen 49
Anti-Il31 Mab Mcs Lot #1283563 40
Milbemycin Oxime + Praziquantel 38
Gabapentin 32
Prednisone 30
Afoxolaner 30
Cyclosporine 28
Cephalexin 26
Cefpodoxime Proxetil 25
Pyrantel Pamoate;Sarolaner 25
Spinosad 21
Cefovecin 20
Selamectin 20
Maropitant Citrate 20
Cefpodoxime 19
Fluralaner 13.64% 12-Week Chew 19

Data Summary

Metric Value
Total reports referencing reaction 718
Reports with fatal outcome 62
Case-fatality rate (reported events) 860.0%
Species observed 9
Breeds observed 20
Drugs associated with reaction 20

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reporting (CVM AER); reaction term coded under VeDDRA 1755.

Skin and tissue infection NOS Reaction Insights

The FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine database currently lists 718 adverse event reports that reference Skin and tissue infection NOS as a reaction term, including 62 reports with a death outcome — a 860.0% case-fatality figure calculated across only those events where this reaction was coded. The reaction is indexed in the openFDA system under VeDDRA code 1755, the standardized veterinary dictionary used to normalize clinical signs across submitters. Because reports are voluntary and often describe multiple concurrent signs per animal, the volume here reflects reporting intensity rather than true incidence in the broader pet population.

Skin and tissue infection NOS appears most frequently in reports for Dog (629 reports), Cat (63 reports), Cattle (8 reports) — with Dog dominating at 629 entries. Within those species, the breeds most often named alongside this reaction are Retriever - Labrador (78), Dog (unknown) (42), Domestic Shorthair (38). These distributions are influenced both by underlying breed popularity and by how veterinarians and owners code a given clinical sign, so they should be interpreted as a reporting fingerprint rather than a pure susceptibility ranking.

The drugs most commonly co-reported with Skin and tissue infection NOS are Oclacitinib Maleate (196 reports), Milbemycin Oxime + Spinosad (103 reports), Bedinvetmab (66 reports), Trilostane (51 reports), with Oclacitinib Maleate appearing alongside this reaction in 196 submissions. Co-reporting does not establish that any specific product caused the reaction — FDA CVM data captures temporal association only. The value of these aggregates is in flagging which therapeutic classes appear repeatedly alongside a given clinical sign, so owners and veterinarians can ask targeted questions about medications currently in use.

Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine — Adverse Event Reports Data reflects voluntary submissions and may not represent actual incidence rates

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Data sourced from official AKC, AVMA, ACVO, and breed-club veterinary references. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBreed Editorial