TABLE 4.
Microorganisms identified by the LightCycler SeptiFast test (SF) only in samples from patients with blood culture-negative neutropenic episodes and with persistent fever on day 3 or beyond 3 days after onset of fever according to the clinically and/or radiologically documented site of infection
| Site of infection | Species identified on indicated day of fever (no. of episodes) |
|
|---|---|---|
| 3 | > 3 | |
| Upper gastrointestinal tract | P. aeruginosa, S. aureus | |
| Lower gastrointestinal tract | P. aeruginosa (4), S. aureus, E. faecium, A. fumigatus, C. parapsilosis | E. coli (3), Klebsiella spp.,aEnterobacter spp.,a, P. aeruginosa, E. faecium (2), C. albicans (2), C. tropicalis |
| Lung | P. aeruginosa, S. pneumoniae | C. albicans |
| Catheter/skin | S. aureus | |
| No site | P. aeruginosa, A. baumannii | P. aeruginosa |
a
Klebsiella spp. and Enterobacter spp. cannot be distinguished at the species level by SF.