Table 3.
PCT values corresponding to pathogens isolated from single patients with monomicrobial or polymicrobial bloodstream infections.
| Bloodstream infection from | Pathogen | PCT values (ng/mL) |
|---|---|---|
| Gram-positives | Abiotrophia defectiva | 1.31 |
| Capnocytophaga canimorsus | 0.87 | |
| Capnocytophaga sputigena | 6.63 | |
| Clostridium paraputrificum | 4.52 | |
| Enterococcus avium | 3.54 | |
| Kytococcus sedentarius | 0.40 | |
| Peptostreptococcus spp. | 0.25 | |
| Streptococcus anginosus | 0.21 | |
| Streptococcus gordonii | 0.45 | |
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| Gram-negatives | Acinetobacter junii | 1.70 |
| Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron | 8.49 | |
| Burkholderia gladioli | 0.42 | |
| Fusobacterium necrophorum | 2.24 | |
| Fusobacterium nucleatum | 0.38 | |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 0.48 | |
| Moraxella catarrhalis | 0.44 | |
| Moraxella nonliquefaciens | 0.98 | |
| Neisseria meningitidis | 24.17 | |
| Providencia rettgeri | 0.90 | |
| Pseudomonas putida | 2.49 | |
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| Fungi | Candida glabrata | 0.66 |
| Candida krusei | 0.72 | |
| Candida pelliculosa | 1.06 | |
| Candida tropicalis | 0.13 | |
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| Polymicrobial | Enterococcus faecalis and Serratia marcescens | 15.5 |
| Enterococcus faecalis and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia | 12.3 | |
| Enterococcus faecium and Klebsiella pneumoniae | 19.5 | |
| Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii | 5.61 | |
| Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus mirabilis | 170.9 | |