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Table 2 Isolated pathogens in the canine surgical site infections

From: The distribution of pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among canine surgical wound infections in Sweden in relation to different risk factors

  

Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (n)

beta haemolytic Streptococcu s spp. (n)

Escherichia coli (n)

Staphylococcus aureus (n)

Staphylococcus schleiferi coagulans (n)

Pasteurella multocida (n)

Proteus mirabilis (n)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (n)

Percentages shown are of all isolates (n = 194) included in the study.

 

(90) 46%

(47) 24%

(21) 11%

(15) 8%

(7) 4%

(6) 3%

(4) 2%

(4) 2%

Submission categories a

A

(23) 12%

11

6

1

1

2

0

1

1

B

(53) 27%

26

10

6

5

2

3

0

1

C

(64) 33%

33

16

7

4

1

2

1

0

D

(22) 11%

10

7

2

0

1

1

0

1

E

(32) 17%

10

8

5

5

1

0

2

1

Hospitalization time categories b

≤1 day

(148) 76%

68

37

16

13

6

4

2

2

≥1 day

(43) 22%

20

9

5

2

1

2

2

2

Uknown

(3) 2%

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Location c

Superficial skin infection

(78) 40%

42

19

3

4

3

3

2

2

Deeper

(116) 60%

48

28

18

11

4

3

2

2

Surgical procedure categories d

Clean

(139) 72%

66

30

11

14

6

6

4

2

Clean- contaminated

(19) 10%

9

6

3

1

0

0

0

0

Dirty

(36) 18%

15

11

7

0

1

0

0

2

Antimicrobial treatment categories e

No treatment

(132) 68%

64

35

8

9

4

6

4

2

Treatment

(62) 32%

26

12

13

6

3

0

0

2

  1. The pathogens presented by the defined categories for sample origin (submission category), hospitalization time (hospitalization time category), depth of infection (location category), surgical procedures (surgical procedure category) and whether antimicrobial treatment had been administered or not prior to sampling (antimicrobial treatment category).
  2. aThe four enrolled referral hospitals are labeled A, B, C and D. The three animal clinics are labeled E.
  3. bIsolates from dogs with SSI that spent one day or less in the hospital or clinic are labeled hospitalization group one. The remaining isolates are labeled hospitalization group two.
  4. cSurgical site infections described by the attending veterinarian as superficial and only involving skin are labeled superficial skin infections, and all infections described as either deep or deep subcutaneous are labeled deeper, as are infections including soft- or skeletal tissue and abscesses.
  5. dThe surgical procedures are categorized as clean, clean-contaminated, contaminated or dirty according to the classification scheme developed by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (7).
  6. eThe two categories of antimicrobial treatment are labeled treatment or no treatment, according to whether antimicrobial treatment had been administered or not prior to sampling.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147