Table 1.
Carbohydrate fermentation with Andrade's broth over 7 days of testing
| Isolate | Carbohydrate fermentation result with 1%a: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xylose | Mannitol | Sorbitol | Sucrose | Maltose | Fructose | Salicin | Arabinose | Rhamnose | Lactose | Tetrahelose | Raffinose | |
| E. faecalis | +b | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | Weakc | + | + | − |
| Case report isolate | − | + | − | − | + | + | + | − | + | − | + | − |
| Isolate 2 (blood) | − | + | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | + | − |
| Isolate 3 (urine) | − | + | − | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | + | − |
a
+, positive; −, negative. Unless otherwise stated, positive acidification of the medium was observed after 24 h of incubation at 37°C in O2.
b
Turned positive at day 5.
c
Weak response from day 1 to day 7.