title: Gram(+) anaerobic intestinal cocci in healthy adults and neonates.
abstract: Anaerobic gram(+) cocci were found to be part of the normal indigenous flora of the intestinal tract in healthy adults (19.6%) but they were rarely isolated from healthy neonates (6.1%). A larger variation of species was also present in adults. Their installation in the newborn's intestine seems to be partially inhibited by factors that are not at present very clear.
authors.affiliation: Medical School-Microbiology, University of Ioannina, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bezirtzoglou
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Romond
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D012007:Rectum / Q000382:microbiology*