Table 2.

Results obtained in samples, including the two cytological examinations performed presented in counted cells per field, the colony forming units (CFU) per plate in both Sabouraud’s glucose agar (SGA) and modified Dixon agar (mDA), and qPCR quantification values

Sample	Dog	Cytological examination (cells/field)		Culture CFU		qPCR
		Tape strip	Heat-fixed slide	SGA	mDA	ITS nº of copies
Samples from dogs with pododermatitis
1	Dog 1	1.3	1.1	79	66	2.6 × 107
2	Dog 2	0.2	0	1	0	1.4 × 106
3	Dog 3	12.6	0.4	218	1	1.2 × 107
4	Dog 4	1.4	0.5	76	14	7.5 × 106
5	Dog 5	6.2	2.2	2	9	2.1 × 108
6	Dog 5	11.4	0.6	120	311	8.1 × 107
7	Dog 6	8.4	0.2	4	0	1.7 × 107
8	Dog 7	45.9	0.7	468	153	2.7 × 108
9	Dog 8	6.8	0.3	172	91	1.3 × 106
10	Dog 8	1.3	0.3	10	17	1.6 × 106
11	Dog 9	4.7	0.2	38	15	1.6 × 108
12	Dog 9	2.3	0	3	1	1.9 × 107
13	Dog 10	4.7	1.3	59	24	2.8 × 108
17	Dog 13	3.2	0	2	1	2.2 × 106
18	Dog 13	0.1	0	5	1	6.5 × 106
Samples from healthy dogs
14	Dog 11	0	0	0	0	4.9 × 106
15	Dog 11	0	0	0	0	1.1 × 105
16	Dog 12	0	0	0	0	1.2 × 106
Samples after antifungal treatment
19	Dog 3	0.2	0	0	0	1.3 × 107
20	Dog 7	0	0	0	0	3.7 × 105
21	Dog 8	0	0	0	0	6.5 × 105
22	Dog 8	0	0	0	0	1.7 × 105

^aIn bold, samples analysed by NGS