Table 2.
Microorganisms identified by culture and the multiplex PCR system.
| Microorganism (n) | Culture/multiplex PCR system | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive/positive | Positive/negative | Negative/positive | ||
| Including in the multiplex PCR system BCID panela | ||||
| 1. | Enterococcus faecium (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. | Enterococcus faecalis (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | Enterococcus avium (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Staphylococcus (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5. | Staphylococcus aureus (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | Streptcoccus (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7. | Streptococcus anginosus (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8. | Escherichia coli (3) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9. | Klebsiella pneumonie (3) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. | Klebsiella aerogenes (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11. | Citrobacter freundii (3) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12. | Serratia marcescens (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13. | Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14. | Candida albicans (5) | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 15. | Candida glabrata (2) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16. | Candida tropicalis (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 19 | 2 | 9 | |
| Not including in the multiplex PCR system BCID panela | ||||
| 1. | Bacteroides fragilis group (1) | – | 1 | – |
| 2. | Prevotella sp. (1) | – | 1 | – |
| 3. | Prevotella/Porphyromonas (1) | – | 1 | – |
| 4. | Fusobacterium nucleatum (1) | – | 1 | – |
| 5. | Peptstreptococcus micro (1) | – | 1 | – |
| 6. | Eubacterium sp. (1) | – | 1 | – |
| 7. | Morganella morganii (1) | – | 1 | – |
| Total | 7 | |||
| Total | 23 | 19 | 9 | 9 |
PCR, polymerase chain reaction; BCID, blood culture identification.
a
See Supplementary Table S1 for a list of bacteria that can be detected by the multiplex PCR system BCID panel.