Table 2 |
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Culture results for environmental swab samples |
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Date |
Plate type |
Total Plates |
% Growth1 |
Organisms detected2 |
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30-Sep-2005 |
Nutrient |
6 |
66.7 |
N/A |
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Blood |
4 |
75.0 |
N/A |
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6-Oct-2005 |
Nutrient |
12 |
0.0 |
N/A |
|
Blood |
12 |
33.3 |
N/A |
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14-Oct-2005 |
Nutrient |
14 |
16.7 |
N/A |
|
Blood |
0 |
0.0 |
N/A |
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21-Oct-2005 |
Nutrient |
24 |
79.2 |
Bacillus sp (Bacillus M7) |
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Blood |
0 |
0.0 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M2, M11) |
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28-Oct-2005 |
Nutrient |
10 |
80.0 |
N/A |
|
Blood |
6 |
83.3 |
N/A |
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3-Nov-2005 |
Nutrient |
13 |
84.6 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M7) |
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Blood |
12 |
83.3 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M11) |
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15-Nov-2005 |
Nutrient |
22 |
81.8 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M7) |
|
Blood |
16 |
56.3 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M3, M11, 14) |
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18-Jan-2006 |
Nutrient |
16 |
56.3 |
N/A |
|
Blood |
0 |
0.0 |
N/A |
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25-Jan-2006 |
Nutrient |
16 |
68.8 |
N/A |
|
Blood |
16 |
75.0 |
N/A |
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3-Feb-2006 |
Nutrient |
12 |
75.0 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M2, M7, M10), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M1) |
|
Blood |
16 |
81.3 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1, M2, M3, M14), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M2), Moraxella sp. (Morax. M1), Brevibacterium sp. (Brevi. M1b), Brevibacillus sp. (Brevi. M1a) |
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15-Feb-2006 |
Nutrient |
10 |
90.0 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M10), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M3) |
|
Blood |
10 |
80.0 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1), Microbacterium sp. (Microbac. M1) |
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1-Mar-2006 |
Nutrient |
10 |
70.0 |
Pseudomonas sp. (Pseudo. M1), Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1, M5, M7), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph M3) |
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Blood |
10 |
60.0 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1, M5, M9, M11), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M2) |
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8-Mar-2006 |
Nutrient |
20 |
85.0 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M5, M7), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M3), Enterococcus sp. (Enterococ. M1) |
|
Blood |
20 |
90.0 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1, M11), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M2), Moraxella sp. (Morax. M1) |
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29-Mar-2006 |
Nutrient |
16 |
50.0 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M5, M7), Staphylococcus sp. (M1), Enterococcus sp. (Enterococ. M1) |
|
Blood |
16 |
50.0 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M2, M5a, M11, M13), Staphylococcus sp. (M2) |
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5-Apr-2006 |
Nutrient |
12 |
41.7 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M7, M12), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M1, M3), Acinetobacter sp. (Acinet. M1) |
|
Blood |
12 |
58.3 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M2, M8, M11, M14), Staphylococcus sp. (M2, M3) |
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12-Apr-2006 |
Nutrient |
16 |
37.5 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M7, M12), Brevibacterium sp. (Brevi. M1b), Pseudomonas sp. (Pseudo. M1), Exiguobacterium sp. (Exiguobac. M1) |
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Blood |
16 |
43.8 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1, M2, M8, M11), Staphylococcus sp. (Staph. M2), Brevibacterium sp. (Brevi. M1a), Exiguobacterium sp. (Exiguobac. M1) |
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19-Apr-2006 |
Nutrient |
16 |
43.8 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M10, M12), Acinetobacter sp. (Acinet. M1), Enterococcus sp. (Enterococ. M1) |
|
Blood |
16 |
81.3 |
Bacillus sp. (Bacillus M1, 2, M15), Brevibacterium sp. (Brevi. M1b), Microbacterium sp. (Microbac. M1a) |
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1 Percentage of plates with microbial growth 2 Observed morphologies (see Table 1); N/A = Not Available for that sampling day. |
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Lee et al. BMC Microbiology 2007 7:27 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-7-27 |
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