Table 1 Relationship between microorganisms isolated and cytological findings
From: Comparison of the biopsy and cytobrush techniques for diagnosis of subclinical endometritis in mares
Microorganisms | Cytobrush | Endometrial biopsy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of smears with negative cytology | Number of smears with positive cytology | Concordance between cytology and microbiology (%) | Number of smears with negative cytology | Number of smears with positive cytology | Concordance between cytology and microbiology (%) | |
β-hemolytic Streptococcus | 0 | 5 | 5/5 (100) | 0 | 7 | 7/7 (100) |
α-hemolytic Streptococcus | 2 | 0 | 0/2 (0) | 3 | 1 | 1/4 (25) |
E.coli | 2 | 2 | 2/4 (50) | 3 | 1 | 1/4 (25) |
Fungi | 0 | 8 | 8/8 (100) | 4 | 5 | 5/9 (56) |
Bacillus spp. | 4 | 4 | 4/8 (50) | 6 | 3 | 3/9 (33) |
Corynebacterium spp. | 0 | 2 | 2/2 (100) | 0 | 2 | 2/2 (100) |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 | 1 | 1/1 (100) | 1 | 0 | 0/1 (0) |
Micrococcus spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2/2 (100) |
Staphylococcus epidermidis | 1 | 1 | 1/2 (50) | 1 | 1 | 1/2 (50) |
Candida + β hemolytic Streptococcus | 0 | 3 | 3/3 (100) | 0 | 3 | 3/3 (100) |
Aspergillus + Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 (100) |