TABLE 2.
Other Clostridium spp. recovered from neonatal fecal samples
| Neonate | Sample date (day/mo/yr) | Isolate characteristicsa identified by: |
Species identification | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard method on HBA | Direct method on TSC-EYA | Heat shock method on TSC-EYA | Ethanol shock method on TSC-EYA | |||
| Case 1 | 11/06/2008 | ND | B−, L+(WL) | B−, L+(WL), RC+WH | B−, L+, RC+(WH) | C. baratii |
| Control 1 | 18/06/2008 | RC+(WH), BH− | BH−, L+ (WL) | ND | BH−, L+(WL), RC+(WH) | C. sardiniense |
| Control 2 | 18/06/2008 | ND | ND | B+, L−, RC− | ND | C. paraputrificum |
| Control 3 | 20/06/2008 | ND | ND | BH−, L+(WL), RC+(WH) | BH−, L+, RC+(WH) | C. baratii |
a
TSC-EYA, tryptose sulfite cycloserine with egg yolk agar; HBA, horse blood agar; RC, reverse CAMP test; B, black colonies (hydrogen sulfide production); L, lecithinase production on TSC-EYA; BH, beta-hemolysis on HBA; WL, weak lecithinase production on TSC-EYA; WH, weak hemolytic zone on sheep blood agar; +, positive; −, negative; ND, not detected.