A case of ex vivo boosted immune cell therapy for chronic ulcerative dermatitis in a dog

Abstract

A 13-year-old castrated male Shih Tzu was presented with recurrent otitis externa and ulcerative dermatitis. Previousinvestigations had failed to identify the cause, and the lesion was resistant to treatment. According to the histopathological examination,a tentative diagnosis of chronic ulcerative dermatitis with bacterial infection was made. To treat the patient, immune cell therapywith antibiotics was conducted every 2 weeks, for a total of six sessions. After treatment, the skin lesion resolved. No side effects wereobserved during therapy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of the use of immune cell therapy for canine ulcerativedermatitis.