TABLE 1.
Pathogen | No. recovered by culture | No. (%) identified by BCID assay | No. of organisms recovered by culture that are: |
% recovery of organisms included in the BCID assay | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not included in the BCID assay | Intended to be identified by BCID assay but missed | ||||
Gram-positive bacteria | 122 | 112 (91.8) | 6 | 4 | 96.6 |
Gram-negative bacteria | 58 | 50 (86.2) | 6 | 2 | 96.2 |
Candida | 8 | 6 (75) | 1 | 1 | 85.7 |
Total | 188 | 168 (89.4) | 13 | 7 | 96 |