Bacterial hypersensitivity in pets is a very rare and uncommon skin condition, but it can attack either your dog or your cat. Both are equally at risk as this condition does not seem to be prejudice to either.
This condition is generally caused by a hypersensitivity (or in other words, an allergy), to certain types of bacteria.
While it is believed that this is caused by a pets immune system over reacting to Staphylococcus (or Staph bacteria on the skin), which will than result in the skin reacting in dramatic measures to the presence of Staph, it is caused by the pet scratching itself intensely.
Pets that have become affected with this condition will scratch themselves so hard and so intense, that they will develop hair loss, scale like skin, and even red sores on their skin.
