Volume 8, Number 2—February 2002
Research
Clinical Significance and Epidemiology of NO-1, an Unusual Bacterium Associated with Dog and Cat Bites
Table 2
Description of all bacterial isolates cultured from infected wounds
Case no. | Bacterial organisms cultured |
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1 | No documentation of culture results in record |
2 | Light Weeksella zoohelcum; light fastidious gram-negative bacillia |
3 | Few fastidious gram-negative rodsa; coagulase-negative Staphylococci on subculture only |
4 | No growth of organisms noted in record |
5 | Enterics, few gram-positive cocci; some polymorphic gram-negative rodsa |
6 | Light growth of gram-negative bacillia |
7 | No documentation of culture results in record |
8 | Three types of gram-negative rodsa |
9 | Few unidentified gram-negative rodsa; few mixed aerobic skin flora |
10 | Rare Eikenella corrodens; few gram-negative bacillia |
11 | Moderate growth of gram-negative bacillia |
12 | Numerous Pasteurella multocida; rare Staphylococcus aureus; few gram-negative rodsa; numerous Corynebacterium species |
aIdentified as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention group nonoxidizer 1 (NO-1).