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| Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from the Clinical Specimens during the Period of 1983 to 1992 |
| An Na Lee, Young Sook Kang, Kyungwon Lee, Yunsop Chong, Kyung Soon Song |
| Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
Vol.25 Num.1 (p9~17)
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Anaerobic bacteria, the most common organisms colonizing the human body surface, are increasingly recognized as important pathogens. The authors reviewed both the clinical and bacteriologic data of 1,354 anaerobic cultures at the Youngdong Severance Hospital during the period of April 1983 to March 1992. Among the 2,011 isolates 42.0% were gram-negative bacilli and 37.6% were gram-positive cocci. The most frequent isolates, one third of all anaerobes isolated, were the B. fragilis group organisms. The frequent sources of isolation were specimens from the abdomen and head and neck.
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