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. 2017 Aug 23;55(9):2708–2718. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00692-17

TABLE 4.

Discordant Verigene BC-GN and MALDI Sepsityper results

Test Blood culture Definitive identification Result(s)
Verigene BC87 Klebsiella pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter spp.
BC-GN BC157 Klebsiella variicola Klebsiella pneumoniae
BC192 Klebsiella pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter spp.
BC172 Klebsiella pneumoniae Klebsiella oxytoca
MALDI BC04 Klebsiella variicola Klebsiella pneumoniae
Sepsityper BC41 Proteus mirabilis NDa
BC56 Prevotella denticola NIPb
BC57 Acinetobacter baumannii complex Acinetobacter spp.
BC61 Escherichia coli Escherichia spp.
BC68 Enterobacter amnigenus Citrobacter koseri
BC72 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia NIP
BC76 Haemophilus influenzae NIP
BC91 Alistipes finegoldii ND
BC102 Enterobacter cloacae complex Citrobacter koseri
BC112 Fusobacterium spp. NIP
BC131 Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron ND
BC142 Escherichia coli Escherichia spp.
BC146 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia NIP
BC160 Klebsiella variicola Klebsiella pneumoniae
BC162 Fusobacterium spp. NIP
BC192 Klebsiella pneumoniae Klebsiella variicola
BC193 Bacteroides fragilis NIP
a

ND, not detected.

b

NIP, no identification possible (score of <1.6).