Genotypic profile of Staphylococcus spp., Enterococcus spp., and E. coli colonizing dogs, surgeons, and environment during the intraoperative period: a cross-sectional study in a veterinary teaching hospital in Brazil

Table 2 Frequency of isolates positive for selected resistance genes in Staphylococcus pseudintermedius and coagulase-negative staphylococci species

Species	tet(M)		aacA-aphD		blaZ		mecA
Species	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
S. pseudintermedius (n = 24)	14	58,33%^*	10	41,67%^*	21	87,50%	9	37,50%
CoNS (n = 24)	6	25,00%^*	2	8,33%^*	17	70,83%	12	50,00%
p-value	0,04042		0,01963		0,2863		0,5606

^*A statistical difference was found when comparing the rates of positive resistance genes among staphylococcal isolates using the chi-square test, with a significance threshold set at 0.05 and analysis conducted with R 4.3.3 software. Significant differences are highlighted in bold
Abbreviations: coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), dogs’ superficial surgical site (SS), surgical site infection (SSI)

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