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Table 2 Prevalence (95 % confidence interval) of 10 identified yeast species

From: Prevalence and in vitro antifungal susceptibility of commensal yeasts in the external ear canal of cats

Identified yeast genus

Number of cats

Prevalence

(%; 95 % confidence interval)

Negative culture

Positive culture

Malassezia pachydermatis

26

27

50.94 (36.84–64.94)

Malassezia nana

44

9

16.98 (8.07–29.80)

Malassezia cuniculi

52

1

1.89 (0.05–10.07)

Malassezia furfur

52

1

1.89 (0.05–10.07)

Candida ciferrii

48

5

9.42 (3.13–20.66)

Aureobasidium melanogenum

52

1

1.89 (0.05–10.07)

Cystobasidium calyptogenae

52

1

1.89 (0.05–10.07)

Moesziomyces aphidis

52

1

1.89 (0.05–10.07)

Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

52

1

1.89 (0.05–10.07)

Sympodiomycopsis sp.

52

1

1.89 (0.05–10.07)