surchinmy
Ultra ALPHA
Apr 14, 2004, 1:21 AM
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Hi ...
Malassesia is a yeast infection ... which can be secondary or primary ... depends.
" ... Malassezia pachydermatitis is a common yeast organism that is found on normal and abnormal canine skin and ears. On normal healthy skin it causes no problems, but when the environment of the skin is altered for any one of many reasons, Malassezia can cause severe dermatitis or otitis (inflammation of the skin or ears respectively). Some of the factors that can lead to Malassezia dermatitis include moisture (as in dogs with skin folds or floppy ears with narrow ear canals), excessive waxy or scaly build-up (as in seborrhea), and allergic and bacterial skin disease. Not only is Malassezia a secondary cause of dermatitis in any dog with one of these predisposing conditions, but it may be the primary or initiating cause of skin problems in certain breeds of dogs. This may be related to an alteration in immune response to the yeast ..."
Having concurrent skin condition can complicate matters but ... it is not by any means so unusual. And as one cause is being treated, the dog's own system can start to handle the secondary infection also ... Our Beagle also had Malassezia, which cleared up once the Dermo was sorted out.
Often yeast infection is accompanied with bacterial infection, hence the need to prescribe antibiotics. Quite often, removal of the bacterial infection also removes the yeast infection.
Did the vet prescribe any treatment for the Malassezia other than the antibiotics? ... Recommend any particular shampoo?
The following sites will give an overview of yeast infection:
http://www.vetinfo.com/dyeast.html
http://www.google.com.my/...p;hl=en&ie=UTF-8
All the best 
(This post was edited by surchinmy on Apr 14, 2004, 1:24 AM)
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