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Table 5 Microbiological agents isolated by the MALDI-TOF MS method in Iberian ibex (n = 34) affected by severe sarcoptic mange

From: Histopathology, microbiology and the inflammatory process associated with Sarcoptes scabiei infection in the Iberian ibex, Capra pyrenaica

Mangy skin (n = 34)

Superficial suppurative lesions (n = 16)a

Other tissues (n = 43)

Agent

%

Agent

%

Agent

%

Bacillus altitudinis

5.88

Aerococcus viridians

6.25

Lungs (n = 12)

 

Corynebacterium glutamicum c

2.94

Corynebacterium glutamicum c

6.25

Pasteurella multocida

25.00

Escherichia coli

14.70

Staphylococcus aureus

43.75

Staphylococcus aureus

25.00

Proteus vulgaris

11.76

Staphylococcus warneri

25.00

Staphylococcus sciuri

8.33

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

17.64

Staphylococcus simulans

7.69

Staphylococcus warneri

25.00

Staphylococcus aureus

52.92

Staphylococcus xylosus

7.69

Streptococcus lutitiensis

16.66

Staphylococcus warneri

29.41

Staphylococcus nepalensis b

6.25

Liver (n = 11)

 

Staphylococcus sciuri

8.82

Streptococcus ovis

18.75

Staphylococcus aureus

36.36

Staphylococcus simulans

5.88

Trueperella pyogenes

25.00

Staphylococcus xylosus

18.18

Staphylococcus chromogenes

2.94

  

Streptococcus lutitiensis

27.27

Staphylococcus xylosus

5.88

  

Spleen (n = 10)

 

Staphylococcus nepalensis b

5.88

  

Escherichia coli

20.00

Streptococcus pluranimalium

2.94

  

Staphylococcus aureus

30.00

Streptococcus lutitiensis

5.88

  

Streptococcus warneri

20.00

    

Kidney (n = 10)

 
    

Escherichia coli

20.00

    

Staphylococcus aureus

40.00

    

Staphylococcus xylosus

20.00

    

Streptococcus lutitiensis

20.00

  1. The table includes the number of samples analyzed (n) and detection rate (%)
  2. aSuppurative lesions detected in superficial lymph nodes and subcutaneous tissue
  3. bIsolated only in naturally infected ibex
  4. cIsolated only in experimentally infected ibex