TABLE 1.
Strain no. | Yr of isolation | Specimena | Clinical significanceb | Identification by PCR amplification of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer region | Band obtained with species-specific primer for S. sciuri |
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2 | 1998 | Tip of CVC | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. sciuri | Yes |
3 | 1998 | Skin around CVC | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. sciuri | Yes |
4 | 1998 | Tip of CVC | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
6 | 2001 | Vagina | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
7 | 2001 | Vagina | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
8 | 2001 | Wound | + | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
9 | 2000 | Urine | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
10 | 2000 | Urine | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. sciuri | Yes |
11 | 2000 | Urine | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
12 | 2001 | Urine | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. sciuri | Yes |
13 | 2000 | Tip of CVC | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
14 | 2000 | Cavum Douglasi | + | S. sciuri subsp. sciuri | Yes |
15 | 2001 | Urine | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
16 | 2001 | Urine | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. sciuri | Yes |
17 | 2001 | Urine | 0 | S. lentus | Yes |
18 | 2001 | Tip of CVC | Probably 0 | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
19 | 2001 | Urine | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. sciuri | Yes |
20 | 2001 | Vagina | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
23 | 2002 | Urine | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. sciuri | Yes |
177 | 2002 | Urine | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
179 | 2002 | Wound | + | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
201 | 2002 | Wound | Probably + | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
292 | 2003 | Wound | Probably + | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
293 | 2001 | Urine | 0 | S. lentus | Very weak |
294 | 2001 | Urine | 0 | S. vitulinus | Yes |
295 | 2002 | Urine | 0 | S. vitulinus | Very weak |
296 | 2002 | Urine | + | S. lentus | Very weak |
297 | 2003 | Cervix | 0 | S. sciuri subsp. rodentium | Yes |
CVC, central venous catheter.
0, no clinical significance; +, clinically significant.