Table 1. List of key associated words used to categorize the purpose of antibiotic use

Clinical condition Associated words
Surgical (orthopedic) fx, fracture, lameness, joint, luxation, ataxia, intervertebral disc disease, femoral head and neck ostectomy, cranial cruciate ligament rupture, medial patella luxation
Surgical (general) castration, neuter, ovariohysterectomy, -tomy, enucleation
Dermatologic skin, -derm, pyoderma, pus, Staphylococcus, bacterial skin infection, atopy, allergy, atopic dermatitis, panniculitis, furuculosis, mastitis, hypersensitivity, acne, licking, pruritus, tick, cutane-, Malassezia, cellulitis, burn
Otic otitis, ear inflammation, ear discharge, otitis externa, otitis media, otitis interna
Gastrointestinal diarrhea, vomiting, gastrointestinal tract disease, gastrointestinal, hematochezia, enteritis, gast-, pancreatitis, hematemesis, foreign body, hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, protein-losing enteropathy, acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome, regurgitation, anal sac, sacculitis, canine parvovirus, canine coronavirus, feline coronavirus, feline parvovirus
Respiratory cough, -pnea, rhinitis, epistaxis, nose, panting, sneezing, stertor, resp-, tracheal collapse, trachea, airway, pneumonia, thorax, bronchitis, pulmonary, asthma, canine infectious respiratory disease complex
Urinary/reproductive neph-, cystitis, cystic calculi, chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, urinary bladder, -uria, renal, feline lower urinary tract disease, feline idiopathic cystitis, pyometra, posthitis, balanoposthitis
Oral oro-, periapical, tooth, teeth, odon-, scaling, extraction, gingivitis
Ocular blepharitis, uvei-, conjuct-, cornea, epiphora, tear, cataract, chalazion, glaucoma, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, lens luxation, OS, OD, OU
Neoplasia -oma, mass, tumor, mammary gland tumor
Other infections wound, injury, bite, trauma, toxicity, systemic infection, sepsis, blood infection, cardiac, heartworm, hepatobiliary, endocrine, immune-mediated, fever, fever of unknown origin, anemia, cytopenia