Table 2.
Culture and MYcrobiota results of the five follow-up CSF samples
| Day of sample collection after diagnostic positive CSF culture | Diagnostic meningitis pathogen | CSF culture | Volume of the CSF sample (microliters) | MYcrobiota: 16S rRNA gene copies/ul | MYcrobiota: taxonomy | MYcrobiota: NCBI blast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33a | Day 2 | Citrobacter koseri | No growth | 10 | – | – | – |
| 34a | Day 6 | C. koseri | No growth | 25 | 272 | Enterobacteriaceae spp. | C. koseri |
| 35 | Day 6 | Escherichia coli | No growth | 200 | 67 | Escherichia/ Shigella spp. | Escherichia/Shigella spp. |
| 36 | Day 5 | E. coli | No growth | 200 | 150 | Escherichia/ Shigella spp. | Escherichia/Shigella spp. |
| 37 | Day 3 | Streptococcus agalactiae | NA | 200 | 31 | Streptococcus spp. | S. agalactiae |
NA not available, not performed, CSF cerebrospinal fluid
aSamples 33 and 34 are follow-up samples of sample 2 from Table 1