Table 4 Associations between dermatitis and splenic changes in stray dogs from an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis
From: Disorganization of spleen compartments and dermatitis in canine visceral leishmaniasis
Spleen | N | (%) | Skin | Contingency Coefficient | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal (%) | With dermatitis | ||||||||||
Focal (%) | Diffuse (%) | Total (%) | |||||||||
White pulp organization: | |||||||||||
Organized | 32 | (100) | 12 | (38) | 16 | (50) | 4 | (13) | 20 | (63) | a C* = 0.38, P = 0.04 b C* = 0.54, P = 0.03 c C* = 0.39, P = 0.02 |
Disorganized | 32 | (100) | 4 | (13) | 20 | (63)a | 8 | (25)b | 28 | (88)c | |
Lymphoid follicle germinal center: | |||||||||||
Average or large | 28 | (100) | 12 | (43) | 13 | (46) | 3 | (11) | 16 | (57) | d C* = 0.48, P = 0.01 |
e C* = 0.63, P = 0.01 | |||||||||||
Small or absent | 36 | (100) | 4 | (11) | 23 | (64)d | 9 | (25)e | 32 | (89)f | f C* = 0.48, P > 0.01 |
Marginal zone: | |||||||||||
Average or large | 41 | (100) | 13 | (32) | 23 | (56) | 5 | (12) | 28 | (68) | NS |
Small or absent | 23 | (100) | 3 | (13) | 13 | (57) | 7 | (30) | 20 | (87) | |
Plasma cells: | |||||||||||
Average to absent | 36 | (100) | 13 | (36) | 16 | (44) | 7 | (19) | 23 | (64) | g C* = 0.46, P = 0.01 |
h C* = 0.39, P = 0.02 | |||||||||||
High | 28 | (100) | 3 | (11) | 20 | (71)g | 5 | (18) | 25 | (89)h | |