Table 2.

Bacterial identification results from 23 positive blood culture bottles based on culture and NGS of 16S-23S rRNA region.

Sample	Patient	Bottle	Culture (Maldi-TOF MS)	NGS of 16S-23S rRNA region (% of total reads)
BC01	Patient A	anaerobic	Escherichia coli	Escherichia coli (100%)
BC02	Patient B	aerobic	Streptococcus dysgalactiae	Streptococcus dysgalactiae (100%)
BC03	Patient C	anaerobic	Klebsiella oxytoca	Klebsiella oxytoca (100%)
BC05	Patient D	aerobic	Staphylococcus heamolyticus	Staphylococcus haemolyticus (100%)
BC06	Patient E	anaerobic	Staphylococcus hominis	Staphylococcus hominis (100%)
BC07	Patient F	aerobic	Staphylococcus capitis	Staphylococcus capitis (100%)
BC08	Patient G	anaerobic	Streptococcus pneumoniae	Streptococcus pneumoniae (100%)
BC09	Patient H	aerobic	Staphylococcus epidermidis	Staphylococcus epidermidis (100%)
BC10	Patient H	anaerobic	Staphylococcus hominis	Staphylococcus hominis (100%)
BC11	Patient I	anaerobic	Bacteroides sp.	Bacteroides fragilis (100%)
BC12	Patient J	aerobic	Staphylococcus hominis	Staphylococcus hominis (100%)
BC13	Patient K	aerobic	Staphylococcus aureus	Staphylococcus aureus (100%)
BC14	Patient L	aerobic	Klebsiella oxytoca	Klebsiella oxytoca (100%)
BC15	Patient M	anaerobic	Streptococcus pneumoniae	Streptococcus pneumoniae (100%)
BC16	Patient N	aerobic	Escherichia coli	Escherichia coli (100%)
BC17	Patient O	anaerobic	Staphylococcus aureus	Staphylococcus aureus (100%)
BC18	Patient P	anaerobic	Streptococcus pneumoniae	Streptococcus pneumoniae (100%)
BC19	Patient Q	aerobic	Escherichia coli, Streptococcus infantis	Escherichia coli (69.3%), Streptococcus lutetiensis (30.7%)
BC20	Patient Q	anaerobic	Escherichia coli	Escherichia coli (100%)
BC21	Patient R	aerobic	Escherichia coli	Escherichia coli (100%)
BC22	Patient R	anaerobic	Bacteroides vulgatus	Bacteroides dorei (100%)
BC23	Patient S	aerobic	Staphylococcus hominis	Staphylococcus hominis (100%)
BC24	Patient S	aerobic	Staphylococcus epidermidis	Staphylococcus epidermidis (100%)