Table 1.

Streptococcal and enterococcal isolates investigated in the study.

Organism	No. isolates
Streptococci (n = 150)
Streptococcus pneumoniae	50
Beta-hemolytic streptococci (n = 65)
Streptococcus pyogenes	20
Streptococcus agalactiae	20
Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis	25
S. bovis	3
Viridans streptococci (n = 32)
Streptococcus mitis group (n = 10)
S. mitis	5
S. oralis	4
S. cristatus	1
Streptococcus anginosus group (n = 11)
S. anginosus	6
S. intermedius	2
S. constellatus	3
Streptococcus sanguinis group (n = 10)
S. sanguinis	3
S. parasanguinis	4
S. gordonii	3
Streptococcus mutans	1
Enterococci (n = 100)
Enterococcus faecalis	43
Enterococcus faecium	40
Other enterococcal species (n = 17)
Enterococcus gallinarum	7
Enterococcus durans	5
Enterococcus casseliflavus	4
Enterococcus avium	1
Total	250