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Table 3 Prevalence of Staphylococcus species in healthy and sick dogs

From: Colonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus species in healthy and sick pets: prevalence and risk factors

  

Skin

% (CI 95%)

Nares

% (CI 95%)

Conjunctival sac

% (CI 95%)

External auditory canal

% (CI 95%)

Oral cavity

% (CI 95%)

Anus

% (CI 95%)

Wounds

% (CI 95%)

Species

n

HD

SD

HD

SD

HD

SD

HD

SD

HD

SD

HD

SD

HD

SD

S. aureus

19

0

4.18

(2.25–6.43)

4.52

(2.51–6.78)

8.68

(5.79–11.90)

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

2.25

(0.64–4.18)

1.76

(0.50–3.27)

0

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

6.43

(3.86–9.32)

1.76

(0.50–3.27)

0

0

4.50

(2.25–6.75)

S. capitis

4

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

1.93

(0.64–3.54)

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

0

0

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

S. cohnii

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

3.02

(1.51–4.77)

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.25

(0.64–3.87)

S. delphini

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.25

(0.64–3.87)

S. epidermidis

42

10.55

(7.79–13.57)

8.04

(5.14–11.25)

4.52

(2.51–6.53)

6.11

(3.54–9.00)

8.79

(6.03–11.56)

10.61

(7.40–14.15)

4.52

(2.51–6.53)

6.11

(3.54–9.00)

4.52

(2.51–6.53)

1.93

(0.64–3.54)

0

0

0

4.18

(2.25–6.43)

S. felis

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.93

(0.64–3.54)

0

0

0

0

0

0

S. haemolyticus

9

0

0

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

3.77

(2.01–5.78)

0

3.02

(1.51–4.77)

0

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

3.02

(1.51–4.77)

0

0

0

S. hominis

3

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.93

(0.64–3.54)

0

0

1.76

(0.50–3.27)

0

0

0

S. lentus

1

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

S. lugdunensis

3

0

0

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

0

0

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

0

0

0

0

S. pseudintermedius

138

13.82

(10.55–17.34)

14.79

(10.93–18.97)

16.83

(13.32–20.60)

28.94

(24.12–34.08)

12.06

(9.05–15.33)

29.90

(24.76–35.05)

12.56

(9.30–15.83)

17.36

(13.18–21.54)

26.38

(22.11–30.90)

22.83

(18.33–27.33)

27.89

(23.62–32.41)

17.36

(13.18–21.54)

0

9.00

(6.10–12.22)

S. saprophyticus

8

0

0

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

1.93

(0.64–3.54)

0

6.11

(3.54–9.00)

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

1.93

(0.64–3.54)

0

0

0

0

0

2.25

(0.64–3.86)

S. schleiferi ssp schleiferi

3

0

0

0

0

0

1.93

(0.64–3.54)

0

1.93

(0.64–3.54)

0

0

0

0

0

1.76

(0.50–3.02)

S. simulans

10

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

2.25

(0.64–4.18)

3.02

(1.51–4.77)

1.93

(0.64–3.54)

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

1.93

(0.64–3.54)

0

1.93

(0.64–3.54)

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

0

0

S. warneri

9

4.52

(2.51–6.78)

2.25

(0.64–3.86)

0

2.25

(0.64–4.18)

6.03

(3.77–8.54)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

S. xylosus

4

1.51

(0.50–2.76)

0

3.02

(1.51–4.77)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.93

(0.64–3.54)

  1. n number of isolated strains, HD Healthy dogs, SD Sick dogs (sick animals were diagnosed with at least one of the following conditions: conjunctivitis, upper respiratory tract disease, and skin or wound infection), CI 95% Confidence interval 95%