TABLE 2.
Validation of the 16S rRNA gene PCR-LDR-CE assay on geographically variant national strains
| Isolate | No. of isolates
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Tested | Correct | |
| S. epidermidis | 9 | 9 |
| S. aureusa | 20 | 20 |
| B. cereus | 5 | 5 |
| E. faecalis | 8 | 8 |
| E. faeciumb | 10 | 10 |
| L. monocytogenes | 5 | 5 |
| S. pneumoniae | 6 | 6 |
| S. pyogenes | 8 | 8 |
| S. agalactiae | 9 | 9 |
| E. coli | 10 | 10 |
| K. pneumoniae | 10 | 10 |
| H. influenzae | 7 | 7 |
| P. aeruginosa | 10 | 10 |
| A. baumannii | 9 | 9 |
| B. fragilis | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 132 | 132 |
a
Nine of the 20 isolates tested were methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
b
Six of the 10 isolates tested were vancomycin-resistant enterococci.