TABLE 3.
Correlation between BCID GPF kit with final cultures and phenotypic susceptibility testing results for β-lactams for blood cultures with monomicrobial Gram-negative organisms
| Organism identification by routine methods | BCID identification and number of isolates | Detected AMR genes and number of isolates | Number of isolates with discordant phenotype | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staphylococcus aureus | Staphylococcus aureus | 11 | blaZ | 3 | |
| mecA | 1 | ||||
| blaZ, mecA | 6 | ||||
| Nil detected | 1 | ||||
| Staphylococcus epidermidis | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 7 | mecA | 2 | |
| blaZ, mecA | 2 | ||||
| Nil detected | 3 | ||||
| Staphylococcus capitis | Staphylococcus capitis/hominis | 4 | mecA | 3 | |
| Nil detected | 1 | ||||
| Staphylococcus lugdunensis | Staphylococcus lugdunensis | 1 | Nil detected | 1 | |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae | Streptococcus pneumoniae | 1 | N/Ab | N/A | |
| Streptococcus pyogenes | Streptococcus pyogenes | 3 | N/A | N/A | |
| Streptococcus agalactiae | Streptococcus agalactiae | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Enterococcus faecalis | Enterococcus faecalis | 3 | Nil detected | ||
| Staphylococcus argenteusa | No pathogen detected | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Bacillus cereus group | Bacillus cereus group | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Candida albicans | Candida spp. group 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Candida glabrata | Candida spp. group 2 | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
| Clostridium perfringensa | No pathogen detected | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Cutibacterium acnesa | No pathogen detected | 2 | N/A | N/A | |
| Dermacoccus spp.a | No pathogen detected | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Paraclostridium spp.a | No pathogen detected | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Streptococcus anginosusa | No pathogen detected | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Streptococcus equinusa | No pathogen detected | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Streptococcus canisa | No pathogen detected | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
| Streptococcus mitisa | No pathogen detected | 1 | N/A | N/A | |
a
Not targeted in BCID GPF kit.
b
N/A, not applicable.