A Retrospective Descriptive Study of Staphylococcus Species Isolated from Canine Specimens Submitted to a Diagnostic Laboratory in South Africa, 2012–2017
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design and Setting
2.2. Data Extraction
2.3. Isolating Staphylococcus Species
2.4. Identifying Staphylococcus Species
2.5. Coagulase Activity Testing
2.6. Data Management
2.7. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Distribution of Staphylococcus spp. Based on the Age and Sex of the Dogs
3.2. Correlation between Age, Sex, Season, and Specimen Type
4. Discussion
5. Limitations of the Study
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Organism | Frequency | Percent | 95%CI |
---|---|---|---|
CoPS | |||
S. pseudintermedius | 1398 | 86.0 | 84.14–87.58 |
S. aureus | 95 | 5.8 | 4.8–7.1 |
CoNS | |||
S. epidermidis | 84 | 5.2 | 4.1–6.4 |
S. saprophyticus | 4 | 0.2 | 0.07–0.6 |
S. chromogenes | 3 | 0.2 | 0.04–0.5 |
S. lentus | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1–0.4 |
S. felis | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1–3.4 |
CoPS/CoNS | |||
S. species | 38 | 2.3 | 1.7–3.2 |
S. schleiferi | 2 | 0.1 | 0.1–0.4 |
Variable | Total No. of Isolates | CoPS | CoNS | C Var | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Sex | ||||||||
Female | 762 | 46.8 | 693 | 90.9 | 50 | 6.6 | 19 | 2.5 |
Male | 865 | 53.2 | 800 | 92.5 | 44 | 5.1 | 21 | 2.4 |
Year | ||||||||
2012 | 151 | 9.3 | 138 | 91.4 | 13 | 8.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
2013 | 161 | 9.9 | 145 | 90.1 | 8 | 5.0 | 8 | 5.0 |
2014 | 197 | 12.1 | 180 | 91.4 | 8 | 4.1 | 9 | 4.6 |
2015 | 276 | 17.0 | 263 | 95.3 | 4 | 1.4 | 9 | 3.3 |
2016 | 397 | 24.4 | 366 | 92.2 | 20 | 5.0 | 11 | 2.8 |
2017 | 445 | 27.4 | 401 | 90.1 | 41 | 9.2 | 3 | 0.7 |
Season | ||||||||
Autumn | 395 | 24.3 | 357 | 90.4 | 26 | 6.6 | 12 | 3.0 |
Winter | 427 | 26.3 | 390 | 91.3 | 29 | 6.8 | 8 | 1.9 |
Spring | 417 | 25.6 | 379 | 90.9 | 29 | 7.0 | 9 | 2.2 |
Summer | 388 | 24.0 | 367 | 94.6 | 10 | 2.6 | 11 | 2.8 |
Specimen type | ||||||||
Ear | 403 | 25.0 | 359 | 89.1 | 30 | 7.4 | 14 | 3.5 |
Respiratory | 82 | 5.0 | 58 | 70.7 | 14 | 17.1 | 10 | 12.2 |
Skin | 818 | 50.3 | 658 | 80.4 | 120 | 14.7 | 40 | 4.9 |
Urinary | 175 | 11.0 | 130 | 74.3 | 35 | 20.0 | 10 | 5.7 |
Other | 149 | 9.2 | 98 | 65.8 | 42 | 28.2 | 9 | 6.0 |
Specimen Type | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Level | Ear | Respiratory | Skin | Urinary | Other | p-Value |
Sex | 0.577 | ||||||
Male | 215 | 38 | 446 | 79 | 87 | ||
Female | 201 | 32 | 399 | 67 | 63 | ||
Age | 0.087 | ||||||
<2 | 24 | 9 | 86 | 19 | 13 | ||
2–4 | 117 | 30 | 212 | 44 | 40 | ||
5–6 | 75 | 18 | 173 | 42 | 35 | ||
7–8 | 81 | 12 | 166 | 30 | 26 | ||
≥9 | 106 | 13 | 181 | 40 | 35 | ||
Season | 0.222 | ||||||
Autumn | 98 | 20 | 199 | 42 | 36 | ||
Winter | 106 | 22 | 214 | 46 | 39 | ||
Spring | 104 | 21 | 210 | 44 | 38 | ||
Summer | 97 | 19 | 194 | 42 | 36 |
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Sigudu, T.; Qekwana, D.; Oguttu, J. A Retrospective Descriptive Study of Staphylococcus Species Isolated from Canine Specimens Submitted to a Diagnostic Laboratory in South Africa, 2012–2017. Animals 2024, 14, 1304. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14091304
Sigudu T, Qekwana D, Oguttu J. A Retrospective Descriptive Study of Staphylococcus Species Isolated from Canine Specimens Submitted to a Diagnostic Laboratory in South Africa, 2012–2017. Animals. 2024; 14(9):1304. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14091304
Chicago/Turabian StyleSigudu, Themba, Daniel Qekwana, and James Oguttu. 2024. "A Retrospective Descriptive Study of Staphylococcus Species Isolated from Canine Specimens Submitted to a Diagnostic Laboratory in South Africa, 2012–2017" Animals 14, no. 9: 1304. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14091304