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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 80:F167-F173 doi:10.1136/fn.80.3.F167
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Stool microflora in extremely low birthweight infants

Table 2

Stool microflora

Bacterial species Day 10 Day 20 Day 30
Total n=29 Breast n=15 Formula n=14 Total n=27 Breast n=15 Formula n=12 Total n=28 Breast n=15 Formula n=13
E faecalis 8 5 3 14 10 4 16 10 6
E faecium 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
S epidermidis 17 10 7 15 10 5 12 6 6
S haemolyticus 10 5 5 10 4 6 10 2 8
Other coagulase (−) staphylococci 3 0 3 3 1 2 4 3 1
S aureus 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
K pneumoniae 5 5 0 6 6 0 10 7 3
E cloacae 3 2 1 3 2 1 11 7 4
E aerogenes 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
P aeruginosa 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 3 0
E coli 4 1 3 9 3 6 12 7 5
Citrobacter spp 2 1 1 3 3 0 4 3 1
Serratia spp 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Bacteroides spp 3 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 2
Corynebacterium spp 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Veillonella spp 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Eikonella spp 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Propionobacterium spp 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Bifidobacterium spp 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
Lactobacillus spp 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Fungal species
Candida spp 9 4 5 5 2 3 2 1 1
 M furfur 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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