TABLE 4.
Identification of 110 staphylococcal blood culture isolates by molecular and conventional methods
| Consensus resulta or result confirmed by gene sequencing (n) | PCR melt curve identification (n) | Conventional identification (coagulase and API Staph) (n) |
|---|---|---|
| S. aureus (56) | S. aureus (56) | S. aureus (56) |
| S. epidermidis (34) | S. epidermidis (33), S. hominus (1) | S. epidermidis (30), S. lugdunensis (1), no identification (3) |
| S. capitis (2) | S. capitis/S. epidermidis (2) | S. capitis (1), no identification (1) |
| S. hominis (11) | S. hominis/S. schleiferi/S. simulans (11) | S. lugdunensis (1), S. epidermidis (1), no identification (9) |
| S. haemolyticus (3) | S. haemolyticus (3) | No identification (3) |
| S. warneri (2) | S. warneri (2) | S. hominus (1), no identification (1) |
| S. simulans (2) | S. simulans/S. schleiferi/S. hominis (2) | S. simulans (1), no identification (1) |
a
Consensus of results obtained from PCR/melt curve and API Staph analyses.