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Table 2 Distribution of isolates from 76 uterine bacterial samples in pure and mixed culture

From: A longitudinal cohort study of acute puerperal metritis cases in Swedish dairy cows

Bacteria

Isolate

Mono-culture

Mixed culture with n other bacteria

n

(%)

1

2

3

4

Escherichia coli

65

(86)

19

16

17

12

1

Grampositive coccia

25

(33)

1

7

4

12

1

Fusobacterium necrophorum

18

(24)

0

0

10

8

0

Clostridium spp.

14

(18)

0

0

4

9

1

Trueperella pyogenes

16

(21)

1

6

5

3

1

Other Gram-negativeb

9

(12)

2

3

3

1

0

Pasturella spp.

4

(5)

1

0

1

2

0

  1. aGram-positive cocci include various species of streptococci and enterococci
  2. bOther Gram-negative bacteria include Enterobacter spp., Acinetobacter spp., Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, Providencia rettgeri and Aeromonas hydrophila