Table 5. Detection of ConS, S. aureus and E. coli, stratified by blood culture and PCR.

	Blood culture N (%2)		PCR N (%2)
ConS
Total ConS	41	32.3	69	54.3
False positive3	1	0.8	23	18.1
ConS only	40	31.5	60	47.2
Multiple isolates1	1	0.8	9	7.1
S. aureus
Total S. aureus	5	3.9	7	5.5
S. aureus only	4	3.2	1	0.8
Multiple isolates1	1	0.8	6	4.7
E. coli
Total E. coli	2	1.6	3	2.4
False positive3	0	0.0	1	0.8
E. coli only	1	0.8	1	0.8
Multiple isolates1	1	0.8	2	1.6

¹ pathogen detected as one of multiple isolates

²% of isolations in blood culture proven or clinical sepsis episodes (n = 127)

³ false positive results are calculated based on total episodes