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. 2018 Apr 20;9(30):21541–21551. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.25059

Table 1. Summary of bacterial culture of human fallopian tube samples identified using an automated VITEK system.

Bacterial identification Number of times isolated Monomicrobial Vitek identification score
No growth 14 samples N/A N/A
B. vulgatus 1 0 99%
Clostridium difficile 1 1 87%* (No distinctive odour)
Corynebacterium minutissimum 1 0 93%
Eggerthella lenta 1 0 99%
Enterococcus durans 1 1 95%
E. faecalis 5 4/5 97–99%
Erysipelothris rhusiopathiae 1 0 99%* (TSI not supportive)
Kocuria rosea 1 0 91%
Lactobacillus acidophilus 2 1/2 50–92%* (one isolate VA SENS, second isolate low sensitivity)
Propionibacterium acnes 3 0 89–92%
P.granulosum 2 0 95%
Staphlyococcus epidermidis 3 3/3 94–98%
S. lugdunensis 1 0 99%
Unidentified GPB 1 0 *
Unidentified GPC 1 0 *

Abbreviations: VA = Vancomycin, SENS = Sensitive, * = incorrect identification, GPB = Gram-positive bacilli, GPC = Gram-positive cocci.