Table 1: Mouth organisms isolated in infections of injection drug users.

Group

Organism

Species

Number of isolates

Oral bacteria

Streptococcus anginosus group (21)

Streptococcus intermedius

16

 

 

S.anginosus

3

 

 

S. constellatus

2

 

 Streptococcus sp.

Group A

Streptococcus

11

 

 

Group C

Streptococcus

2

 

 

Group F

Streptococcus

1

 

 

S dysgalactiae

1

 

 Prevotella

Prevotella oralis

2

 

 

P. denticola

1

 

 

P.buccae

1

 

 

P.melaninogenica

1

 

 

Prevotella sp.

1

 

Eikenella

Eikenella coorodens

5

 

Haemophilus

Haemophilus parainfluenzae

3

Oral fungi

Candida (could also be a skin contaminant)

Candida albicans

3

 

 

C. glabrata

1

 

 

C. parapsilosis

1

 

 

C. dublinensis

1