Table 2.
Patients with positive BC, ST, or IHP. Bacterial infection was considered confirmed when plausible pathogens were found in blood culture and by molecular methods.
| Case | Comorbidities | Conventional microbiology | ST | IHP | Bacterial infection |
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| 1 | Acute cholecystitis | Klebsiella pneumoniae (blood culture and respiratory tract) | Klebsiella pneumoniae | Klebsiella pneumonia | Confirmed |
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| 2 | Alcoholic liver cirrhosis | Staphylococcus aureus (blood culture) | Staphylococcus aureus | Negative | Confirmed |
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| 3 | Knee prosthesis | Staphylococcus aureus (blood culture and knee joint aspirate) | Staphylococcus aureus | Negative | Confirmed |
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| 4 | Congestive heart failure, generalized atherosclerosis | Negative | Streptococcus pneumoniae | Streptococcus pneumoniae | Plausible pathogen |
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| 5 | Congestive heart failure, diabetes type II | Negative | Streptococcus pneumoniae | Streptococcus pneumoniae | Plausible pathogen |
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| 6 | Diabetes type II, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Negative | Streptococcus pneumoniae | Negative | Plausible pathogen |
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| 7 | Injection drug use, endocarditis | Negative | Streptococcus salivarius | Negative | Plausible pathogen |
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| 8 | Chronic renal failure, diabetes mellitus | Negative | Staphylococcus hominis | Negative | Considered contamination |
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| 9 | Colon cancer | Negative | Streptococcus mitis group | Negative | Considered contamination |