First Microbiological and Molecular Identification of Rhodococcus equi in Feces of Nondiarrheic Cats

Table 2

Mono- and cooccurrence of bacteria and selected virulence markers identified in 200 nondiarrheic domestic cats from urban and farm areas. Brazil, 2014-2015.

	Areas	Urban		Farm
Microorganisms		n	(%)	N	(%)	p value
E. coli		41	(41)	34	(34)	0.380
C.perfringens A		4	(4)	5	(5)	1.000
R. equi		0	(0)	1	1.0	1.000
C. perfringens A cp		0	(0)	2	(2)	0.400
C. difficile tcdA^+, tcdB^+, cdtB^-		1	(1)	0	(0)	1.000
aEPEC (eae^+, escN^+)		9	(9)	4	(4)	0.200
E. + C. perfringens A		26	(26)	21	(21)	0.500
E. coli+ C. perfringens A cp		8	(8)	8	(8)	1.000
E. coli+ C. perfringens A cpe^+		0	(0)	1	(1)	1.000
E. coli+ R. equi		0	(0)	4	(4)	0.120
E. coli+ C.		1	(1)	3	(3)	0.600
aEPEC (eae^+, escN^+) + C. perfringens A		5	(5)	1	(1)	0.200
aEPEC (eae^+, escN^+)+ C. perfringens A cp		1	(1)	1	(1)	1.000
aEPEC (eae^+, escN^+) + R. equi		0	(0)	2	(2)	0.400
STEC(stx2^+)+ C. perfringens A		1	(1)	0	(0)	1.000
aEAEC (aatA^+/aggR^-)+ C. perfringens A cp		1	(1)	0	(0)	1.000

n: number of isolates; E. coli: Escherichia coli; R. equi: Rhodococcus equi; C. perfringens: Clostridium perfringens; C. difficile: Clostridium difficile; : absence of selected virulence markers studied; +: positive for the gene; -: negative for the gene; aEPEC: atypical enteropathogenic E. coli; STEC: Shiga toxin producing E. coli; aEAEC: atypical enteroaggregative E. coli.
p values less than 0.05 indicate significant differences between the urban and farm areas for the mono- or cooccurrence of bacteria(Fisher Exact test).