Table 1 Distribution of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from canine specimens submitted to a veterinary diagnostic laboratory in Tennessee, USA (2006–2017)
Variable | Category | Number | Percentage | p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Specimen Site | <  0.0001 | |||
Ear | 1310/7804 | 16.8 | ||
Joint/bone | 354/7804 | 4.5 | ||
Mucosa | 122/7804 | 1.6 | ||
Skin | 4387/7804 | 56.2 | ||
Urine/bladder | 1041/7804 | 13.3 | ||
Other | 590/7804 | 7.6 | ||
Age | <  0.0001 | |||
<  3 years | 639/4785 | 13.4 | ||
3 ⎯ < 6 years | 1046/4785 | 21.9 | ||
6 ⎯ < 9 years | 1309/4785 | 27.4 | ||
9 ⎯ < 12 years | 1171/4785 | 24.5 | ||
≥ 12 years | 620/4785 | 13.0 | ||
Sex | 0.0098 | |||
Female | 305/5989 | 5.1 | ||
Female spayed | 2752/5989 | 46.0 | ||
Male | 629/5989 | 10.5 | ||
Male castrated | 2303/5989 | 38.5 | ||
Breed | <  0.0001 | |||
Herding | 492/5864 | 8.4 | ||
Hound | 404/5864 | 6.9 | ||
Mixed | 1129/5864 | 19.3 | ||
Non-sporting | 559/5864 | 9.5 | ||
Sporting | 1186/5864 | 20.2 | ||
Terrier | 540/5864 | 9.2 | ||
Toy | 890/5864 | 15.2 | ||
Working | 649/5864 | 11.1 | ||
Other | 15/5864 | 0.3 | ||
Patient Type | <  0.0001 | |||
Clinical | 3149/7705 | 40.9 | ||
Referral | 4556/7705 | 59.1 |