TABLE 3.
Clinical sources and diagnosis and/or infections associated with the Pediococcus isolates included in this study
| Clinical source | Strains associated with different clinical conditionsa
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P. acidilactici
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P. pentosaceus
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| No. (%) | Condition(s) (no. of strains) | No. (%) | Condition(s) (no. of strains) | |
| Blood | 28 (51.8) | Congestive heart failure (1), endocarditis (1), septicemia (5), peritonitis (1), peptic ulcer (1), Hickman line infection (1), bone marrow transplant (1), cellulitis (1), unknown (16) | 4 (22.3) | Coronary artery disease (1) septicemia (1), unknown (2). |
| Stool | 8 (14.8) | Diarrhea (7), unknown (1) | 3 (16.7) | Diarrhea |
| Peritoneal fluid | 4 (7.4) | Rectal carcinoma (1), fistula (1), colitis (1), peritonitis (1) | 1 (5.5) | Peritonitis |
| Abscess | 3 (5.5) | Rectal carcinoma (1), Crohn's disease (2) | ||
| Urine | 3 (5.5) | UTI (1), unknown (2) | 2 (11.1) | Unknown |
| Wound | 2 (3.7) | Enteritis (1), unknown (1) | 2 (11.1) | Pneumonia (1), unknown (1) |
| Catheter | 3 (16.7) | Abdominal surgery (1), coronary artery disease (1), unknown (1) | ||
| Bone | 1 (1.9) | Bone cyst | 1 (5.5) | Bone infection |
| Cerebrospinal fluid | 1 (1.9) | Unknown | ||
| Liver biopsy | 1 (1.9) | Liver transplant | ||
| Vaginal secretion | 1 (1.9) | Vaginitis | ||
| Unknown | 2 (3.7) | 2 (11.1) | ||
| Total | 54 | 18 | ||
a
UTI, urinary tract infection.