Table 2.

Definitive identification and direct MALDI-TOF MS identification of three polymicrobial blood cultures

No. of positive blood culture flasks /No. of collected blood culture flasks	Definitive identification of mixed culture	Direct identification from blood cultures by MALDI-TOF MS using in-house method A and B (score values)
4 / 4 4 / 4	Staphylococcus epidermidis Enterococcus faecalis	Staphylococcus epidermidis (1.765 and <1.7)
6 / 6 6 / 6 2 / 6	Escherichia coli Streptococcus mitis Streptococcus oralis	Escherichia coli (2.139 and 2.091)
1 / 6 1 / 6	Staphylococcus hominis Staphylococcus epidermidis	Staphylococcus hominis (1.838 and 1.836)