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Table 2 Culture results, in the control group

From: Morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients with invasive group A streptococcus infection: an observational study

Culture result

Frequency, n (%)

Negative culture

340 (45)

Escherichia coli

98 (13)

Staphylococcus aureus

46 (6.1)

Streptococcus pneumoniae

40 (5.3)

Beta-hemolytic streptococci non-GAS

10 (1.3)

Candida species

20 (2.7)

Neisseria meningitides

2 (0.3)

Enterococcus species

32 (4.3)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

16 (2.1)

Other gram-positive bacteriaa

126 (17)

Other gram-negative bacteriab

71 (9.5)

Mixed florac

3 (0.4)

Fusarium solani

1 (0.1)

  1. Cultures from blood or other sterile sites from 749 of the patients in the control group. A total of 95 patients had positive cultures with microorganisms from more than one of the aggregated groups or the GAS group
  2. aStreptococcus species (Alpha, anginosus, bovis, intermedius, lutetiensis, mitis and salivarius), Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (S. epidermis, haemolyticus, hominis and sciuri), Eggerthella lenta, Parvimonas micra, Bacteroides species, Propionibacterium, Anaerobic gram-positive rods, Clostridium species (cadaveris, innocuum, paraputrificum, septicum, ramosum, bifermentans and perfringens), Peptostreptococcus stomatis, Cutibacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes, Parabacteroides distasonis, Enterococcus gallinarum, Gemella species, Flavonifractor plautii, Globicatella species, Granulicatella species, Lactobacillus species, Anaerococcus species, Actinomyces odontolyticus, Corynebacterium species, Gemella morbillorum, Paenibacillus species and Peptoniphilus harei
  3. bProteus mirabilis, Klebsiella (aerogenes, oxytoca and pneumonia), gram-negative rods, Prevotella denticola, Serratia marcescens, Enterobacter cloacae, Dialister pneumosintes, Citrobacter (freundii and diversus), Morganella morganii, Salmonella enterica serogroup Rissen, Prevotella species, Proteus vulgaris, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Neisseria species, Haemophilus (influenza and parainfluenzae), Sphingomonas species, Providencia rettgeri, Prevotella buccae and Fusobacterium necrophorum
  4. cAnaerob mixed flora, skin flora, mixed flora
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