Dogs: A Man’s Best Friend or a Deadly Beast—A Discussion on Capnocytophaga canimorsus

Table 1

Joint aspiration.

	WBC count	% of PMNs in WBC count	Staphylococcus positivity	Alpha-Defensin positivity
Right shoulder	14,750	95	NR	NR
Left shoulder	4,356	99	NR	NR
Right knee	31,830	86.3	+	+
Left knee	8,002	85.7	+	+

WBC: white blood cell; PMNs: polymorphonuclear leukocytes; NR: not reported.