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. 2004 Oct;70(10):6113–6122. doi: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.6113-6122.2004

TABLE 5.

Comparison of aerobes and facultatively anaerobic species for different age groupsa

Organism HY
HE
AE
No. of isolates Mean Range No. of isolates Mean Range No. of isolates Mean Range
Escherichia coli 8 4.3 ± 1.0 3.3-7.9 6 7.3 ± 0.4 6.0-8.7 7 5.6 ± 1.2 6.6-8.8
Klebsiella pneumoniae 1 0.4 ± 0.4 NA NF NF 1 0.7 ± 0.7 NA
Klebsiella ascorbata 1 0.5 ± 0.5 NA NF NF NF NF
Serratia fonticola 2 0.9 ± 0.6 5.5-5.8 NF NF NF NF
Morganella morganii 2 1.0 ± 0.7 5.2-6.9 NF NF 1 0.6 ± 0.6 NA
Proteus vulgatis NF NF NF NF 1 0.8 ± 0.8 NA
Proteus mirabilis NF NF NF NF 1 0.8 ± 0.8 NA
Providencia stuartii NF NF NF NF 1 0.8 ± 0.8 NA
Total enterobacteria 14 5.8 ± 0.6 3.3-7.9 (11) 6 7.3 ± 0.4 6.0-8.7 (6) 12 5.7 ± 1.3 6.6-8.9 (7)
E. durans 4 2.7 ± 1.2 6.0-10.0 NF NF 5 4.9 ± 1.6 7.9-11.0
E. faecalis 7 3.8 ± 1.0 5.0-8.5 NF NF 8 6.5 ± 1.1 6.6-9.3
E. faecium 2 1.2 ± 0.8 7.0-7.4 NF NF 4 3.0 ± 1.2 6.3-8.1
E. avium 1 0.8 ± 0.8 NA NF NF 3 2.6 ± 1.3 7.8-9.4
E. pseudoavium NF NF NF NF 1 0.8 ± 0.8 NA
E. solitarius NF NF NF NF 2 1.8 ± 1.2 8.5-9.3
E. hirae NF NF NF NF 2 1.7 ± 1.1 8.2-8.3
Total enterococci 14 6.5 ± 0.9 5.0-10.1 (9) NF NF 25 9.1 ± 0.4 6.8-11.1 (10)
Streptococcus salvarius NF NF 2 2.8 ± 1.8 8.0-9.0 NF NF
Streptococcus parasanguis NF NF 2 2.2 ± 1.4 5.7-7.3 NF NF
Streptococcus sp. strain M7 NF NF 1 1.2 ± 1.2 NA NF NF
Streptococcus intermedius NF NF 1 1.2 ± 1.2 NA NF NF
Streptococcus mutans 2 1.2 ± 0.8 6.5-8.2 NF NF NF NF
Streptococcus plantarum NF NF NF NF 2 1.8 ± 1.2 8.4-9.1
Streptococcus sp. strain SO3 NF NF NF NF 1 1.0 ± 1.0 NA
Total streptococci 2 1.2 ± 0.8 6.5-8.2 (2) 6 2.8 ± 1.8 8.0-9.0 (2) 3 2.7 ± 1.4 8.4-9.6 (3)
Staphylococcus epidermidis 3 2.1 ± 1.1 7.5-10.0 2 2.6 ± 1.6 7.5-7.8 4 2.8 ± 1.2 6.7-7.5
Staphylococcus warneri 2 1.4 ± 1.0 6.8-9.9 1 1.3 ± 1.3 NA 2 2.1 ± 1.4 10.0-10.5
Staphylococcus simulans NF NF 1 1.2 ± 1.2 NA NF NF
Staphylococcus aureus 1 0.7 ± 0.7 NA NF NF NF NF
Staphylococcus haemolyticus NF NF NF NF 1 0.7 ± 0.7 NA
Staphylococcus kloosii NF NF NF NF 1 0.7 ± 0.7 NA
Total staphylococci 6 2.2 ± 1.2 7.5-10.3 (3) 4 5.1 ± 1.6 7.0-8.0 (4) 8 4.9 ± 1.4 7.0-10.5 (6)
Candida albicans 2 1.2 ± 0.8 7.0-7.3 3 3.6 ± 1.6 6.0-8.5 2 1.4 ± 0.9 7.0-10.5
Pseudomonas aeruginosa NF NF NF NF 1 0.6 ± 0.6 NA
a

See footnotes to Table 1.