Table 3. Distribution of the MLST STs identified in the study.

		Cats					Patients			p-value3	Fleas
		La Rioja			Catalonia	Total	Clinical picture		Total
MLST	rrs 1	Stray	Pet	Barnyard			CSD	Others 2
ST1	I	0	0	0	0	0	7.3% (3/41)	60.0% (3/5)	13.0% (6/46)	0.0289 4	0
ST2	I	0	0	25.0% (1/4)	0	2.6% (1/39)	0	20.0% (1/5)	2.2% (1/46)	1	0
ST3	I	0	0	0	0	0	9.8% (4/41)	0	8.7% (4/46)	0.1212	0
ST5	II	71.4% (15/21)	80.0% (4/5)	50.0% (2/4)	75.0% (3/9)	61.5% (24/39)	58.4% (24/41)	20.0% (1/5)	54.3% (25/46)	0.5187	100% (3/3)
ST6	II	19.0% (4/21)	20% (1/5)	25.0% (1/4)	0	15.4% (6/39)	0	0	0	0.0075 4	0
ST7	II	0	0	0	11.1% (1/9)	2.6% (1/39)	0	0	0	0.4588	0
ST8	I	0	0	0	11.1% (1/9)	2.6% (1/39)	24.4%(10/41)	0	21.7% (10/46)	0.0095 4	0
ST9	II	0	0	0	44.4% (4/9)	10.3% (4/39)	0	0	0	0.0406 4	0
ST31	II	4.8% (1/21)	0	0	0	2.6% (1/39)	0	0	0	0.4588	0
ST32	I	4.8% (1/21)	0	0	0	2.6% (1/39)	0	0	0	1	0
Total		21	5	4	9	39	41	5	46		3

¹ rrs: 16S rRNA genotyping.

²Other symptoms different from CDS.

³Fisher’s exact test performed with the frequencies of each individual STs in cats and patients.

⁴Statistically significant differences.