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Table 3 Lifestyle factors of cats with a positive culture of Malassezia pachydermatis

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

Lifestyle factors

Number of cats

p-value

Negative culture

Positive culture

Hair length

  

0.0001

  Short-haired (≤ 3 cm)

20

6

 

  Long-haired (> 3 cm)

6

21

 

Ear cleaning frequency

  

0.007

  ≤2 weeks

12

6

 

  >2 weeks or never

9

26

 

Age group

  

0.7846

≤6 years

15

14

 

>6 years

11

13

 

Bathing frequency

  

0.0537

  ≤1 month

3

10

 

  >1 month or never

23

17

 

Cat rearing

  

0.1917

  Indoor only

22

26

 

  Outdoor access

4

1

 

Sex

  

0.7786

  Male

17

16

 

  Female

9

11

 
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