Table 1.

Summary of results for PCR-ESI-MS and culture

Category	Data (no.) by culture result
	Positive	Negative
PCR-ESI-MS and culture were in agreement in the no. of detections and species identity	155a	398
Culture and PCR-ESI-MS were in agreement on primary pathogen identification with unmatched secondary detections in either method	23b	0
Culture positive, PCR-ESI-MS negative	97c	0
PCR-ESI-MS positive, culture negative	0	33d

^aSee Table 2 for detailed list of organisms.

^bSee Table 3 for details.

^cSee Table 4 for details.

^dSee Table 5 for details.