Table 1.
The identification and quantification results of bacteria in blood samples of five healthy controls.
| Healthy controls | Identification results | Quantification results (mL of blood) | Laboratory data | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional culture method | Tm mapping method | BT (℃) | WBC (µ/L) | CRP (mg/L) | BUN (mg/dL) | Cr (mg/dL) | Presepsin (ng/mL) | ||
| 1 | No culture growth | None detected | 0* | 36.2 | 8540 | 1.0 | 14 | 0.90 | 159 |
| 2 | No culture growth | None detected | 0* | 36.9 | 6810 | 7.5 | 16 | 0.78 | 206 |
| 3 | No culture growth | None detected | 0* | 36.3 | 5370 | 0.1 | 21 | 0.62 | 130 |
| 4 | No culture growth | None detected | 0* | 36.5 | 6760 | 0.8 | 13 | 0.72 | 119 |
| 5 | No culture growth | None detected | 0* | 36.1 | 7430 | 0.2 | 12 | 1.05 | 189 |
BT body temperature, WBC white blood cells, CRP C-reactive protein, BUN blood urea nitrogen, Cr creatinine.
*A quantification result of “0 bacteria/mL of blood” means “ < 20 bacteria (calculated as E. coli)/mL of blood” based on the limit of detection (LOD) of this method.