Table 3 Organisms identified from cultures of samples collected from the biopsy channels of gastroscopes and colonoscopes and from swab cultures of samples obtained from automated endoscope reprocessors

Organisms in the cultures of rinse samples obtained from biopsy channels

GNGN bacteria**

22

2^{a, b}

15

39

Yeast-like bacteria

1

1

2

Klebsiella pneumoniae

1

1^c

2

Acinetobacter baumanii

1^b

1^f

2

Enterococcus spp.

1^b

2^{c, d}

3

Comamonas testosteroni

2

2

Chryseobacterium indologenes

1

1

Sphingomonas paucimobilis

1

1

Pseudomonas putida

1

1

Viridans Streptococcus

1^a

1

Stomatococcus spp.

1^a

1

Prevotella bivia

1*

1

Escherichia coli

3

3^{c, d, f}

6

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1

1

Enterococcus faecium

1^c

1

Bacteroides fragilis

1^e*

1

Bacteroides vulgatus

1^e*

1

Bacteroides distasonis

1^e*

1

Clostridium perfringens

1*

1

Proteus mirabilis

1^d

1

Total number of bacteria

36

33

69

Total number of positive cultures

32

25

57

Organisms in swab cultures of samples obtained from automated endoscope reprocessors#

GNGN bacteria**

2

1

3

Yeast-like bacteria

2

2

Moraxella osloensis

1

1

Candida glabrata

1

1

Total number of positive cultures

6

1

7