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. 2014 Oct 10;9(10):e110210. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110210

Table 2. Detection of Arcanobacterium phocae and Streptococcus spp. in fur animals, and their association to disease signs of FENP.

PCR positive for A. phocae Positive for A. phocae in culture Positive for Streptococcus spp in culture
p-values* p-values p-values
Diseased mink 21 (21) <0.001 16 (21) <0.001 16 (21) <0.001
Healthy mink 1 (11) 0 (11) 0 (11)
Healthy mink on a diseased farm 3 (4) 0 (4) 0 (4)
Diseased finnraccoons 20 (20) <0.01 8 (20) 0.068 10 (20) <0.01
Healthy finnraccoons 6 (11) 1 (11) 0 (11)
Diseased foxes 19 (19) <0.001 6 (19) 0.036 2 (19) 0.3677
Healthy foxes 0 (12) 0 (12) 0 (12)
All diseased animals 60 (60) <0.001 30 (60) <0.001 28 (60) <0.001
All healthy animals 10 (38) 1 (38) 0 (38)

The table shows the probabilities of getting a positive result from diseased animals as opposed to healthy animals.

* Calculated from Fisher's exact test.