Table 1.
The prevalence and distribution of K. pneumoniae complex from dogs and cats.
| Parameters | Category | Dogs | Cats | p-value‡ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of samples (%) | Kp isolates (%, 95% CI) | No. of samples (%) | Kp isolates (%, 95% CI) | |||
| Origin | Animals | 835 (55.7) | 19 (2.3, 1.4–3.5) | 665 (44.3) | 16 (2.4, 1.4–3.9) | 0.868 |
| Gender | Male | 475 (56.9) | 17 (3.6, 2.1–5.7) | 478 (71.9) | 10 (2.1, 1.0–3.8) | 0.167 |
| Female | 360 (43.1) | 2 (0.6, 0.1–2.0) | 187 (28.1) | 6 (3.2, 1.2–6.9) | 0.038* | |
| Source | Urine | 232 (27.8) | 5 (2.2, 0.7–5.0) | 325 (48.9) | 8 (2.5, 1.1–4.8) | 0.813 |
| Throat swab | 56 (6.7) | 6 (10.7, 4.0–21.9) | 15 (2.3) | 1 (6.7, 0.2–31.9) | 1.000 | |
| Abscess | 138 (16.5) | 4 (2.9, 0.8–7.3) | 77 (11.6) | 1 (1.3, 0–7.0) | 0.784 | |
| Nasal cavity | 39 (4.7) | 0 | 42 (6.3) | 1 (2.4, 0.1–12.6) | 1.000 | |
| Ear swab | 49 (5.9) | 1 (2.0, 0.1–10.9) | 39 (5.9) | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Tracheal lavage | 30 (3.6) | 1 (3.3, 0.1–17.2) | 11 (1.7) | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Coelomic fluid | 34 (4.1) | 0 | 44 (6.6) | 1 (2.3, 0.1–12.0) | 1.000 | |
| Skin | 97 (11.6) | 2 (2.1, 0.3–7.3) | 35 (5.3) | 2 (5.7, 0.7–19.2) | 0.613 | |
| Surgical infection | 50 (6.0) | 0 | 20 (3.0) | 1 (5.0, 0.1–24.9) | 0.286 | |
| Eye secretion | 7 (0.8) | 0 | 6 (0.9) | 1 (16.7, 0.4–64.1) | 0.462 | |
| Other specimens | 103 (12.3) | 0 | 51 (7.7) | 0 | — | |
| Regions | Guangdong | 306 (36.6) | 6 (2.0, 0.7–4.2) | 348 (52.3) | 10 (2.9, 1.4–5.2) | 0.451 |
| Shanghai | 52 (6.2) | 1 (1.9, 0–10.3) | 84 (12.6) | 3 (3.6, 0.7–10.1) | 0.975 | |
| Tianjin | 87 (10.4) | 3 (3.4, 0.7–9.7) | 40 (6.0) | 0 | 0.551 | |
| Hubei | 23 (2.8) | 2 (8.7, 1.1–28.0) | 13 (2.0) | 0 | 0.525 | |
| Liaoning | 43 (5.1) | 2 (4.7, 0.6–15.8) | 17 (2.6) | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Shandong | 114 (13.7) | 2 (1.8, 0.2–6.2) | 54 (8.1) | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Fujian | 7 (0.8) | 1 (14.3, 0.4–57.9) | 15 (2.3) | 0 | 0.318 | |
| Guangxi | 2 (0.2) | 0 | 3 (0.5) | 1 (33.3, 0.8–90.6) | 1.000 | |
| Shanxi | 14 (1.7) | 1 (7.1, 0.2–33.9) | 2 (0.3) | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Sichuan | 15 (1.8) | 0 | 13 (2.0) | 1 (7.7, 0.2–36.0) | 0.464 | |
| Zhejiang | 17 (2.0) | 0 | 6 (0.9) | 1 (16.7, 0.4–64.1) | 0.261 | |
| Chongqing | 6 (0.7) | 1 (16.7, 0.4–64.1) | 2 (0.3) | 0 | 1.000 | |
| Other regions | 149 (17.8) | 0 | 68 (10.2) | 0 | — | |
Data is the prevalence and distribution of samples and K. pneumoniae complex from companion animals. The p-values are for comparisons of K. pneumoniae complex between dogs and cats.
‡
p-values were determined by Chi-square (χ2) and Fisher's exact test in SPSS Statistics.
*
p < 0.05.
**p < 0.01.
—, no data.