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. 2017 Jan 15;2017:8037963. doi: 10.1155/2017/8037963

Table 3.

Results of diagnostic test in patients with at least one positive microbiology culture.

Blood culture Nasal swab Respiratory tract aspirate PCR
Positive blood culture
S. aureus Sa Pseud 0
E.coli Sa X 0
Serratia Pseud Pseud 0
Positive respiratory tract aspirate
0 X Sa RH/AdV/Sa
X X Sp RH/Sp
0 X Hinf, Klebs RH/Hinf
0 X Hinf RSV/Hinf
0 X Hinf RH/AdV/Hinf
0 F E.coli RSV/CMV/Hinf
X X Hinf PINF/Sa
0 0 Sa RSV
X F Klebs RSV
0 F Sp RSV
0 F Pseud hMPV
X X Klebs AdV/PINF
Hinf 0
0 F Sa Sa
Positive nasal swab
0 Sa 0 0
X Sa F RSV
X Sa X RH
X Pseud X Sa
0 Sa 0 Sa
X Sa F CORO/Sa
0 Sa F Sa/INF
 Positive nasal swab and respiratory tract aspirate
0 Sa ESBL 0
0 Sa Sa RH/PNP
0 Sa Hinf RSV/hMPV
0 Sp Pseud, Sp CMV
0 Pseud Serr, Sa hMPV
X Sa Sa Sa/Sp
0 Sp Sp BOC/Sp

AdV: adenovirus; BOC: bocavirus; CMV: cytomegalovirus; CORO: coronavirus; E. coli: Escherichia coli; F: physiologic flora; Hinf: Haemophilus influenzae; hMPV: human metapneumovirus; Klebs: Klebsiella pneumoniae; PINF: human parainfluenza virus; PNP: Pneumocystis jiroveci; Pseud: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; RH: rhinovirus; RSV: respiratory syncytial virus; Sa: Staphylococcus aureus; Sp: Streptococcus pneumoniae; X: test not done; and 0: negative results.