Table 3.
Mean values, standard deviation (SD), and range of values for plate counts (CFU) in Sabouraud’s glucose agar (SGA) and modified Dixon agar (mDA), cytologic examination (cells/field) and qPCR quantification values between samples from dogs with sings of pododermatitis and samples from healthy and post-treatment dogs
| Dogs with pododermatitis (n = 15) | Healthy dogs (n = 3) | Dogs after treatment (n = 4) | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean value ± SD | range | mean value ± SD | range | mean value ± SD | range | ||
| CFU in SGA | 83.8 ± 126.0 | 1.0–468.0 | 0 ± 0 | 0–0 | 0 ± 0 | 0–0 | 0.001 |
| CFU in mDA | 46.9 ± 85.0 | 0–311.0 | 0 ± 0 | 0–0 | 0 ± 0 | 0–0 | 0.004 |
| Tape-strip | 7.37 ± 11.34 | 0.1–45.9 | 0 ± 0 | 0–0 | 0.05 ± 0.10 | 0–0.2 | 0.001 |
| Heat-fixed slide | 0.52 ± 0.61 | 0–2.2 | 0 ± 0 | 0–0 | 0 ± 0 | 0–0 | 0.015 |
| qPCR | 7.2 × 107 ± 1.0 × 108 | 1.3 × 106–2.8108 | 2.0 × 106 ± 2.5 × 106 | 1.1 × 105–4.9 × 106 | 3.6 × 106 ± 6.4 × 106 | 1.7 × 105–1.3 × 107 | 0.014 |