TABLE 1-A1.
Identity and quantity of organisms grown.
| Organism | No of times grown (%) | Level of growth |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1+ | 2+ | 3+ | ||
| Commensal organisms | ||||
| Bacillus cereus | 24 (32) | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| Bacillus pumilis | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Corynebacterium amycolatum | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Corynebacterium aurimucosum | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kocuria kristinae | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lysinibacillus fusiformis | 4 (5.3) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Micrococcus luteus | 21(28) | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| Neisseria flava | 3 (4.0) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Paenibacillus lautus | 2 (2.7) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paenibacillus spp | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paenibacillus thiaminolyticus | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Staphylococcus capitis | 10 (13.3) | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Staphylococcus cohnii | 4 (5.3) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | 41 (54.7) | 22 | 17 | 2 |
| Staphylococcus haemolyticus | 5 (6.6) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Staphylococcus hominis | 4 (5.3) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Staphylococcus wameri | 6 (8.0) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Streptococcus mitis/oralis | 2 (2.7) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pathological organisms | ||||
| Acinetobacter baumanni | 2 (2.7) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Acinetobacter iwoffii | 4 (5.3) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Acinetobacter ursingii | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bacillus circulans | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brevundimonas diminuta | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brevundimonas vesicularis | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Clostridium sporogenes | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Enhydrobacter aerosaccus | 2 (2.7) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Enterobacter cloacae complex | 2 (2.7) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Enterobacter hormaechei | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Haematobacter massiliensis | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Klebsiella aerogenes | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Klebsiella pneumonia | 2 (2.7) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leclercia adecarboxylata | 3 (4.0) | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Pantoea agglomerans | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Proteus mirabilis | 2 (2.7) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sphingobacterium multivorum | 1 (1.3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 9 (12) | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Staphylococcus saprophyticus | 2 (2.7) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | 1 (1.3) | 1 | 0 | 0 |