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Survival of Enterococci and Staphylococci on Hospital Fabrics and Plastic

Alice N. Neely, Matthew P. Maley
Alice N. Neely
Shriners Hospitals for Children, and
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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DOI: 10.1128/JCM.38.2.724-726.2000
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    Survival of staphylococci and enterococci on fabrics and plastica

    MicroorganismNo. of isolates testedResistance characteristicbSurvival (no. of days) of individual isolates on:
    CottonTerryBlendPolyesterPolyethylene
    CNS3MS8, 16, 216, 21, 276, 6, 77, 10, 1641, 51, 74
    CNS3MR14, 18, 2014, 15, 1620, 22, 2816, 20, 2247, >90, >90
    S. aureus3MS4, 5, 199, 9, 241, 9, 2110, 12, 5622, 48, >90
    S. aureus3MR4, 5, 212, 6, 141, 3, 31, 16, 4040, 48, >51
    E. faecalis2VS11, 3321, 2919, 29>90, >90>90, >90
    E. faecalis2cVR18, 2220, 2218, 2273, >80>80, >80
    E faecium2VS22, >9033, >9029, >9043, >9068, >90
    E. faecium2cVR62, >90>80, >9052, >90>80, >90>80, >90
    E. gallinarum1dVR283434>90>90
    E. casseliflavus1dVR152815>90>90
    • ↵a Mean inoculum (± standard deviation) of 4.1 (±4.4) × 105 CFU.

    • ↵b Abbreviations: MS, methicillin sensitive; MR, methicillin resistant; VS, vancomycin sensitive; VR, vancomycin resistant.

    • ↵c One vanA isolate and onevanB isolate.

    • ↵d One vanC isolate.

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    Effect of inoculum size on survival of CNS on fabrics and plastic

    IsolateInoculum (CFU)Survival (no. of days) on:
    CottonTerryBlendPolyesterPolyethylene
    19 × 1025119616
    19 × 104162161041
    26 × 10266<196
    21 × 105212771651
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Alice N. Neely, Matthew P. Maley
Journal of Clinical Microbiology Feb 2000, 38 (2) 724-726; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.38.2.724-726.2000
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