A prospective study on the microbiological examination of secretions from the paranasal sinuses in horses in health and disease

Table 2 Distribution of certain bacterial species among primary sinusitis, dental sinusitis and healthy sinuses

Primary sinusitis	n	S. zooepidemicus			Anaerobes			Enterobacteriaceae
Primary sinusitis	14	11	78.6%	A, B*	1	7.1%		2	14.3%
Dental sinusitis	26	7	26.9%		15	57.7%	B*, C	12	46.2%	B
Healthy sinuses	45	3	6.7%		0	0%		8	17.8%

A: significant compared against dental sinusitis; B: significant compared against healthy sinuses; C: significant compared against primary sinusitis
* (P < 0.01); ** (P < 0.001)

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