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Table 1 Prevalence of Capnocytophaga spp. strains in periodic oral samples from children hospitalized in the Pediatric Oncology Department of Hôpital Sud (Rennes, France) from 1993 to 2002

From: Prevalence of oropharyngeal beta-lactamase-producing Capnocytophagaspp. in pediatric oncology patients over a ten-year period

Year

Number of children included

Number of Capno 1 carriers2 (%)

Number of samples collected

Number of Capnoisolates (%)

1993

60

31 (52)

305

56 (18)

1994

50

24 (48)

228

49 (21)

1995

45

10 (22)

195

14 (7)

1996

49

8 (16)

198

11 (6)

1997

58

9 (17)

251

13 (5)

1998

62

24 (39)

296

41 (14)

1999

68

24 (35)

267

38 (14)

2000

84

17 (20)

347

31 (9)

2001

85

49 (58)

429

96 (22)

2002

80

49 (61)

537

91 (17)

Total

449

232 (52)

3,053

440 (14)

  1. 1: Capnocytophaga
  2. 2: Number of children who were Capnocytophaga spp. carriers at least once during the studied period.