Staphylococcus pseudintermedius and Staphylococcus schleiferi Subspecies coagulans from Canine Pyoderma Cases in Grenada, West Indies, and Their Susceptibility to Beta-Lactam Drugs

Table 1

Types and number of bacterial isolates from canine pyoderma cases in Grenada, West Indies.

Isolate identification	No. (%) of isolates (𝑛=116)	No. (%) of pure culture cases (𝑛=66)^a
Gram-positive isolates	62 (53.5)	18 (27.3)
Staphylococci	43 (37.1)	18 (27.3)
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius	28 (24.1)	11 (16.7)
Staphylococcus hominis	6 (5.2)	3 (4.6)
Staphylococcus lugdunensis	2 (1.7)	2 (3.0)
Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies coagulans	1 (0.9)	0 (0.0)
Staphylococcus capitis	1 (0.9)	0 (0.0)
Staphylococcus epidermidis	1 (0.9)	1 (1.5)
Staphylococcus xylosus	1 (0.9)	1 (1.5)
Unspeciated staphylococci	3 (2.6)	0 (0.0)
Streptococci	11(9.5)	0 (0.0)
Streptococcus dysgalactiae	4 (3.5)	0 (0.0)
Streptococcus agalactiae	1 (0.9)	0 (0.0)
Streptococcus canis	1 (0.9)	0 (0.0)
Unspeciated streptococci	5 (4.3)	0 (0.0)
Corynebacterium spp.	3 (2.6)	0 (0.0)
Micrococcus spp.	3 (2.6)	0 (0.0)
Bacillus spp.	2 (1.7)	0 (0.0)
Gram-negative isolates	54 (46.5)	3 (4.5)
Klebsiella pneumoniae	9 (7.8)	0 (0.0)
Acinetobacter baumannii/calcoaceticus	8 (6.9)	1 (1.5)
Escherichia coli	7 (6.0)	0 (0.0)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	6 (5.2)	0 (0.0)
Enterobacter cloacae	5 (4.3)	0 (0.0)
Proteus mirabilis	5 (4.3)	2 (3.0)
Other species^b	14 (12.1)	0 (0.0)

aindicates the number of canine pyoderma cases in which the given type of bacterial isolate was found in pure culture. 𝑛: total number of canine pyoderma cases.
^bincludes the following isolates: Pseudomonas oryzihabitans and Pantoea spp. (2 each) and Acinetobacter spp., Chryseobacterium indologenes, Escherichia hermannii, Enterobacter sakazakii, Moraxella nonliquefaciens, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pseudomonas spp., Raoultella terrigena, and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, (1 each).