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Exclusion criteria included antimicrobial administration within 14 days of presentation or inability to undergo BALF collection. Definitions of SBI included (1) positive BALF culture (noncontaminant), (2) veterinary criteria (septic inflammation in BALF or nonseptic inflammation with positive culture having \u2265 1.7 \u00d7 10\n                      <jats:sup>3<\/jats:sup>\n                      CFU\/mL), (3) human criteria (&gt; 7% of cells with intracellular bacteria or positive culture with \u2265 10\n                      <jats:sup>4<\/jats:sup>\n                      CFU\/mL), and (4) clinical recovery without antimicrobials.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All OP and 16 of 30 BALF cultures were positive, yielding a median of 4 organisms (range, 1 to 6 organisms) and 1 organism (range, 0 to 3 organisms), respectively, with significantly more positive OP isolates. Most OP isolates (91%) were not recovered from BALF. Absence of SBI was documented in 30% to 77% of dogs with AP, depending on definition.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>OP swabs were polymicrobial, with most organisms (91%) not present in BALF. Many dogs with AP did not meet 1 or more definitions of SBI.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical Relevance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using OP cultures as surrogates for BALF cultures was inappropriate for dogs with AP. Not all dogs with AP had SBI, necessitating further study of when antimicrobial therapy could be avoided versus when it is warranted.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2460\/javma.25.12.0831","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,22]],"date-time":"2026-04-22T17:39:22Z","timestamp":1776879562000},"page":"1-9","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Diagnostic limitations of oropharyngeal swab cultures and inconsistent presence of secondary bacterial infection in canine aspiration pneumonia"],"prefix":"10.2460","volume":"264","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8146-0580","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Aida","family":"Vient\u00f3s-Plotts","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO"},{"name":"Bringing Respiration and Aerodigestion Towards Health Clinic, Veterinary Health Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO"},{"name":"Comparative Internal Medicine Laboratory, Veterinary Health Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ashley","family":"Reinero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Comparative Internal Medicine Laboratory, Veterinary Health Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6587-3115","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Tamara","family":"Gull","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6382-5582","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Carol","family":"Reinero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO"},{"name":"Bringing Respiration and Aerodigestion Towards Health Clinic, Veterinary Health Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO"},{"name":"Comparative Internal Medicine Laboratory, Veterinary Health Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1272","reference":[{"issue":"12","key":"ref1","series-title":"J Small Anim Pract","first-page":"1108","article-title":"Successful management of aspiration pneumopathy without antimicrobial agents: 14 dogs (2014-2021)","volume":"62","author":"Cook S","year":"2021","unstructured":"Cook S, Greensmith T, Humm K. 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