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Table 2 Number of healthy Soldiers colonized with aerobic gram-positive bacteria according to PCR/ESI-TOF-MS

From: The use of PCR/Electrospray Ionization-Time-of-Flight-Mass Spectrometry (PCR/ESI-TOF-MS) to detect bacterial and fungal colonization in healthy military service members

Organism

Subjectsa

Organisms by anatomic site (870 total)

  

Oropharynx

Nares

Groin

  

266

275

329

Abiotrophia defectiva

2

2

0

0

Abiotrophia elegans

1

1

0

0

Arthrobacter aurescens

3

0

1

2

Bacillus cereus

2

0

0

2

Bacillus clausii

1

1

0

0

Bacillus coagulans

3

3

0

0

Corynebacterium accolens

1

0

1

0

Corynebacterium auriscanis

35

7

1

27

Corynebacterium diphtheria

1

1

0

0

Corynebacterium falsenii

16

0

1

15

Corynebacterium jeikeium

1

0

0

1

Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum

38 (39)

1

35

3

Corynebacterium sundsvallense

1

0

0

1

Corynebacterium urealyticum

1

0

1

0

Corynebacterium spp.

11

0

3

8

Enterococcus faecalis

1

0

0

1

Enterococcus faecium

4

3

1

0

Finegoldia magna

18 (19)

5

7

7

Gemella haemolysans

1

1

0

0

Gemella sanguinis

4

3

1

0

Granulicatella adiacens

5

2

2

1

Lactobacillus acidophilus

1

1

0

0

Lactobacillus casei

3

3

0

0

Lactobacillus crispatus

1

0

0

1

Lactobacillus delbrueckii

5

1

2

2

Lactobacillus gasseri

1

0

0

1

Lactobacillus helveticus

4

3

1

0

Lactobacillus johnsonii

2

1

0

1

Lactobacillus plantarum

8

1

6

1

Lactobacillus salivarius

18 (19)

1

15

3

Lactobacillus sp.

1

1

0

0

Lactobacillus vaccinostercus

1

1

0

0

Lysinibacillus sphaericus

1

0

1

0

Micrococcus luteus

17 (19)

2

3

14

Mycobacterium ulcerans

1

0

1

0

Nocardia asteroides

45 (50)

1

30

19

Nocardia farcinica

1

0

0

1

Staphylococcus aureus

58 (80)

22

13

45

Staphylococcus auricularis

1

0

0

1

Staphylococcus capitis/caprae

7 (9)

4

3

2

Staphylococcus epidermidis

99 (201)

46

87

68

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

7

0

7

0

Staphylococcus hominis

80 (103)

23

7

73

Staphylococcus lugdunensis

4

1

2

1

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

9

2

4

3

Staphylococcus warneri

3 (4)

2

0

2

Staphylococcus xylosus

1

0

0

1

Staphylococcus epidermidis/haemolyticus

1

1

0

0

Staphylococcus epidermidis/haemolyticus/hominis

1

1

0

0

Stomatococcus mucilaginosus

26 (26)

21

2

3

Streptococcus agalactiae

27 (34)

6

14

14

Streptococcus anginosus

1

1

0

0

Streptococcus constellatus

1

0

1

0

Streptococcus cristatus

2

2

0

0

Streptococcus gordonii

8

4

4

0

Streptococcus mutans

3

3

0

0

Streptococcus oralis

5

5

0

0

Streptococcus parasanguinis

4

3

1

0

Streptococcus peroris

8

8

0

0

Streptococcus pneumoniae

54 (57)

46

11

0

Streptococcus porcinus

2

1

0

1

Streptococcus pyogenes

4

2

1

1

Streptococcus sanguinis

4

2

2

0

Streptococcus suis

8

5

1

2

Streptococcus spp.

9

6

2

1

Streptococcus oralis/sanguinis

2

2

0

0

Streptococcus parasanguinis/pneumoniae

1

1

0

0

  1. anumber of organisms listed in ( ) if not same as number of subjects