Table 1.

Distribution of yeasts and bacteria on the skin and in the ear of 87 dogs collected from North Delhi, India.

Disease Categories in Dogs (Numbers)	Period of Sampling	Yeasts		Bacterial Isolation (Body Site, No. of Dogs Positive for the Given Species)
		Culture (Body Site, No. of Dogs Positive for the Given Species)	Amplicon Sequencing (ITS Reads for C. auris/Total Reads Matched to Fungal ITS; Percentage of ITS Reads)
Group IA Chronic skin disease with otitis externa (n = 8),	27-09-22 to 17-04-23	C. auris (E *, n = 1) (D1) @ C. rugosa (E, n = 2), C. krusei (E, n = 3) (D2) @ C. lusitaniae (E, n = 1) C. glabrata (S #, n = 1) (D3) @	C. auris from ear swab of D1 dog (34394/27920633; 0.12%) C. auris from ear swab of D2 dog (39577/59853350; 0.06%) C. auris from skin swab of D3 dog (3231/479708; 0.67%)	A. baumanii (E, n = 1) S. pseudointermedius (S, n = 1)
Group IB Chronic skin disease (n = 44),	14-08-22 to 17-04-23	C. auris (E, n = 1) (D4) @ M. pachydermatis (E, n = 11; S, n = 3) C. tropicalis (E, n = 8; S, n = 3), T. asahii (E, n = 7), C. glabrata (E, n = 6, S; n = 1), C. rugosa (E, n =1), C. albicans (E, n = 1),	ND	A. baumanii (E, n =15; S, n = 2) S. pseudointermedius (E, n = 9; S, n = 2) S. intermedius, (E, n = 1; S, n = 1) K. pneumoniae (E, n = 1) S. simulans (S, n = 1) S. schleiferi (S, n = 1) P. aeruginosa (E, n = 1)
Group II Negative for skin and ear infections (n = 35),	11-05-22 to 02-09-22	C. tropicalis (E, n = 3; S, n = 3) M. pachydermatis (E, n = 3; S, n = 1) C. krusei (E, n = 2) C. lusitaniae (S, n = 2) C. parapsilosis (E, n = 1)	ND	A. baumanii (E, n = 1; S, n = 2), S. pseudointermedius (E, n = 6), P. aeruginosa (E, n = 3; S, n = 1) S. schleiferi (E, n = 1; S, n = 1) S. intermedius (S, n = 2), K. pneumoniae (S, n = 1), E. faecalis (S, n = 1), B. cereus (E, n = 1)

* ear, ^@ dogs positive for C. auris either by culture or ITS amplicon sequencing, ^# skin.