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. 2014 Mar 20;9(3):e92283. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092283

Table 5. Information about culture and direct blood PCR in positive Samples.

Direct Blood PCR
Sample Culture* 16S rRNA-Bartonella 16S rRNA Universal
1 + B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
2 + B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
3 + B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
8 + B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
11 B.bacilliformis Arthrobacter sp
14 + B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
22 + B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
28 + B. elizabethae A.xylosoxidans
32 + B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
35 + B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
36 + B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
38 B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
39 B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
43 B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
44 + B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
48 B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
50 Achromobacter spp.
54 + B.bacilliformis B. firmus
56 Rhodococcus spp
59 Rhodococcus spp
61 Bacillus cereus
67 Agrobacterium spp
68 Bacillus firmus
76 + Bacillus firmus
77 Blastococcus spp.
78 S. pettenkoferi
89 Rhodococcus spp.
100 B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
103 B.bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
124 P. putida
125 B. bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
129 B. bacilliformis B. bacilliformis
136 B. bacilliformis B. bacilliformis

* All positive cultures but No. 76 were identified as B. bacilliformis or B. elizabethae (culture No. 28). Culture 76 was identified as Bacillus firmus, in accordance with direct blood PCR assays.