Table-3.
Prevalence of bacterial DNA in tissue or fluid samples in dogs with cranial cruciate ligament rupture and medial patellar luxation that underwent stifle surgery.
| Type of bacterial DNA | Tissue sample (n = 32) | Joint fluid sample (n = 35) | Total (n = 67) | |||
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| Positive (n) | % positive | Positive (n) | % positive | Positive (n) | % positive | |
| Sphingomonasspp. | 3 | 9.38 | 2 | 5.71 | 5 | 7.46 |
| Pelomonasspp. | 6 | 18.75 | 7 | 20.00 | 13 | 19.40 |
| Achromobacterspp. | 1 | 3.13 | 1 | 2.86 | 2 | 2.99 |
| Pseudomonasspp. | 1 | 3.13 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.49 |
| Moraxellaspp. | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.86 | 1 | 1.49 |
| Halomonasspp. | 3 | 9.38 | 4 | 11.43 | 7 | 10.45 |
| Corynebacteriumspp. | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.86 | 1 | 1.49 |
| Streptococcusspp. | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.86 | 1 | 1.49 |
| Kocuriaspp. | 1 | 3.13 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1.49 |
| Propionibacteriumspp. | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2.86 | 1 | 1.49 |
| Total | 15 | 46.88 | 18 | 51.43 | 33 | 49.25 |