Table 2.

The results of blood culture and ddPCR for Escherichia coli

	Blood culture for E. coli		Total
	Positive	Negative*
ddPCR for E. coli
Positive	67	0	67
Negative	14	50	64
Total	81	50	131

* The patients with negative blood culture for E. coli included 25 patients with blood culture positive for pathogens other than E. coli and 25 patients with negative blood culture