Table 3. Bacterial diversity in the blood of the 9 patients classified as possible bBSI patients based on 16S metagenomics.

Patient	Malaria	Prior antibiotics	Survival	16S metagenomics
				Bacterium 1	Bacterium 2
1	yes	Ampicillin	Yes	Prevotella spp.
2	yes	no	Yes	Aeromonas media
3	yes	no	Yes	Yersinia enterocolitica
4	yes	Ampicillin	Unknown	Enterobacter aerogenes
5	no	Cotrimoxazole	Yes	Enterobacter aerogenes
6	yes	no	Yes	Enterobacter aerogenes
7	yes	no	Yes	Enterobacter aerogenes
8	yes	no	Yes	Enterobacter aerogenes	Corynebacterium mycetoides
9	no	Ampicillin	yes	Enterobacter aerogenes	Corynebacterium segmentosum