2015 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program

All cytology reports generated by Antech Diagnostics from 2001 to 2011 were searched using the keyword Cyniclomyces. Reports pertaining to dogs in which Cg was identified by fecal or rectal cytology were reviewed for patient sex, age, breed, season, and region. Descriptions referable to the presence of bacterial dysbiosis, RBCs, WBCs, inflammation, mucus, and other organisms, as well as the abundance (low, moderate, marked) and perceived pathogenesis (not pathogenic, pathogenic, uncertain pathogenicity) of Cg present were also recorded. For comparative purposes, similar data was extracted from fecal and rectal cytology reports from a subset of dogs in which Cg was not identified and a subset of dogs in which other enteric yeasts were identified. Fisher's exact test was used to examine the relationship between the abundance of Cg and other reported cytological findings, as well as to calculate odds ratios for comparing dogs with Cg to the two different control groups. Logistic regression models were used to estimate probabilities and odds ratios for cytological findings given the existence of Cg, after adjusting for other relevant variables.