TABLE 2.

Clinical information given on submitted reports^a

Characteristic	A. defectiva	G. adiacens	G. elegans
No. of isolates	43	55	3
No. of patients	39	55	3
Median age in yr (range)	34 (2–88)	50 (1–81)	6
No. of patients with no age given	13	17	2
Sex
Female	17	18	1
Male	19	29	2
Not given	3	8	0
Source of isolate
Blood	38	39	1
Focal siteb	2	4	0
Not given	2	12	2
Clinical diagnosis
Endocarditis	18	25	1
Septicemia	7	7	0
Bacteremia	3	3	0
Miscellaneousc	6	7	0
Not given	5	14	2

^aSee Materials and Methods for definition of species resemblance. 

^bFocal site: A. defectiva, two isolates from eye; G. adiacens, one isolate each from sinus, bone marrow, scrotal abscess, and eye ulcer. 

^cMiscellaneous: A. defectiva, one patient each with keratitis, corneal ulcer, human immunodeficiency virus with recurrent disseminated histoplasmosis, rheumatic heart disease, fever (n = 2), and intravenous drug abuse; G. adiacens, one patient each with pneumonia, lymphoma, metastatic lung cancer, sinusitis, bone marrow infection, scrotal abscess, and eye ulcer.