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Abstract：
There is a scarcity of published studies on the occurrence of Staphylococcus spp. Among dogs in South Africa. The objective of the study was to characterise the Staphylococcus spp. Isolated from dog samples submitted to a veterinary diagnostic laboratory in South Africa in terms of time, place, and person. This study utilised a dataset of 1627 positive Staphylococcus isolates obtained from a veterinary diagnostic laboratory in South Africa from 2012 to 2017. Out of the 1627 confirmed isolates, 10 different species of Staphylococcus were identified. Among these, 92.0% were classified as coagulase-positive staphylococci (CoPS), 6.0% were coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), and 3.0% were coagulase-variable. Male dogs contributed just over half (53.2%) of the Staphylococcus isolates, while female dogs contributed the remaining 46.8%. The largest proportion of isolates (23.2%) were obtained from dogs aged ≥ 9 years, with the highest number of isolates originating from KwaZulu-Natal Province (45.0%) and the least from Northern Cape Province (0.1%). Out of the total samples included in the records, the majority (46.0%) were skin specimens. The number of Staphylococcus isolates recorded showed limited variation between the seasons (24.3% in autumn, 26.3% in winter, 26.0% in spring, and 24.0% in summer). This study highlighted the diversity of Staphylococcus spp. isolated from dogs, and the burden of staphylococcal carriage among dogs in South Africa. Further research is required to examine the factors that contribute to the observed discrepancies in the proportions of Staphylococcus spp. between the provinces.
摘要：
关于葡萄球菌属的发生的已发表研究很少。在南非的狗中。该研究的目的是表征葡萄球菌属物种。从提交给南非兽医诊断实验室的狗样本中分离出的时间，地点,和人。这项研究利用了2012年至2017年从南非兽医诊断实验室获得的1627个阳性葡萄球菌分离株的数据集。在1627年确认的分离株中，鉴定出10种不同的葡萄球菌。其中,92.0%被归类为凝固酶阳性葡萄球菌(CoPS)，6.0%为凝固酶阴性葡萄球菌(CoNS)，3.0%为凝固酶变量。雄性狗占葡萄球菌分离株的一半以上（53.2％），而雌性狗贡献了其余的46.8%。最大比例的分离株（23.2％）来自年龄≥9岁的狗，来自夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省的分离株最多（45.0％），来自北开普省的分离株最少（0.1％）。在记录中包含的总样本中，大部分(46.0%)为皮肤标本。记录的葡萄球菌分离株数量在季节之间变化有限（秋季为24.3％，冬季26.3%，春季为26.0%，夏季为24.0%）。这项研究强调了葡萄球菌的多样性。与狗隔离，以及南非狗中葡萄球菌运输的负担。需要进一步的研究来检查导致观察到的葡萄球菌比例差异的因素。各省之间。
