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Comparison of methods for the detection of fungal pathogens from blood culture bottlesd
| No. of samples | ESP instrument finding by:
|
Subsequent finding by:
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flag | Gram stain | Culture | ITS-PCR | |
| 118a | Neg | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| 65b | Pos | Neg | Neg | Neg |
| 24c | Pos | Pos | Pos | Pos |
| 3c | Pos | Neg | Pos | Pos |
True-negative result.
False-positive ESP instrumentation result by culture comparison.
True-positive ESP instrumentation result by culture comparison.
Neg, negative; Pos, positive.
