Table 3.
Oral bacteriology of rhesus monkeys and isolates recovered from humans with simian bite wounds
| Organism | Oral bacteriology of rhesus monkey (% of isolates) determined by: |
No. of patients (n = 3)c | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rayan et al.a (n = 17) | Eke et al.b (n = 9) | ||
| Actinomyces species | 85 | ||
| Aerococcus species | 2.4 | ||
| Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitansd | 73 | ||
| Bacillus species | 7.4 | ||
| Bacteroides fragilis group | 5 | 1 | |
| Campylobacter species | 28 | ||
| Capnocytophaga species | 30 | ||
| Eikenella corrodens | 1.2 | 4.7 | 1 |
| Escherichia coli | 1.2 | 1 | |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | 90 | 1 | |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 1.2 | ||
| Haemophilus parainfluenzae | 17.2 | ||
| Haemophilus species | 100 | ||
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 | ||
| Moraxella species | 2.4 | ||
| Neisseria species | 19.8 | 1 (N. subflava) | |
| Peptostreptococcus micros | 89 | ||
| Pseudomonas species | 2.4 | ||
| Staphylococcus aureus | 3.6 | ||
| Staphylococcus species | 1.2 | 2 (S. epidermidis) | |
| Staphylococcus, beta-hemolytic | 3.8 | ||
| Alpha-hemolytic streptococci | 19.8 | 1 (unidentified), 1 (S. mitis), 1 (S. sanguis), 1 (S. sanguis biotype II), 1 (S. anginosus), 1 (S. intermedius) | |
| Beta-hemolytic streptococci | 1 (S. agalactiae) | ||
| Nonhemolytic streptococci | 1.2 | 2 (E. faecalis) | |
| Streptococcus species | 1.2 | ||
| Wolinella species | 66 | ||