Table 4.

Pathogens detected by blood culture or by SeptiFast polymerase chain reaction analysis, and their clinical relevance

Pathogen	SF	BC	Probably contaminant	Pathogen in sputuma	Therapeutic intervention	Comment
C. albicans	+	+	-	+	Fluconazole i.v.	Totally implantable venous access port; sepsis
C. albicans	+	+	-	+	Fluconazole i.v.	Central venous line; candida culture at top of line positive; sepsis
S. maltophilia	+	-	-	+	Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole i.v.	Intermittent respiratory tract colonization with S. maltophilia
P. aeruginosa	+	-	-	+	-	Intermittent respiratory tract colonization with P. aeruginosa; P. aeruginosa antibodies negative; empiric antibiotic treatment covered P. aeruginosa
P. aeruginosa	+	-	-	+	-	Chronic respiratory tract infection with P. aeruginosa; empiric antibiotic treatment covered P. aeruginosa
K. pneumoniae	+	-	-	-	-	Empiric antibiotic treatment covered K. pneumonia
S. aureus	-	+	-	Intermittent	-	Erysipelas, left foot; Empiric treatment covered S. aureus
E. cloacae	+	-	+	-	-
E. cloacae	+	-	+	-	-
S. epidermidis	-	+	+	-	-
S. epidermidis	-	+	+	-	-

SF SeptiFast, BC blood culture, C Candida, P Pseudomonas, K Klebsiella, E Enterobacter, S Staphylococcus, i.v intravenous

^aPathogen in sputum: pathogen detected in sputum during the previous year