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. 2018 May 15;13(5):e0197436. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197436

Table 2. Concordant primary pathogen identification with unmatched additional detections.

Primary organism(s) detected in concordant PCR/ESI-MS and culture results Additional detection result by:
PCR/ESI-MS Culture
Streptococcus spp. Odoribacter splanchnicus, Bilophila wadsworthia Sutterella wadsworthensis
Citrobacter freundii Klebsiella variicola Citrobacter brakii
Escherichia coli Pseudomonas aeruginosa None
Hafnia alvei Yersinia enterocolitica Serratia liquefaciens
Escherichia coli Clostridium perfringens Klebsiella oxytoca
Escherichia coli Klebsiella pneumoniae None
Escherichia coli Bacteroides fragilis None
Escherichia coli Klebsiella pneumoniae None
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Fusobacterium nucleatum Eubacterium lentum
Candida glabrata Lactobacillus johnsonii None
Enterobacter cloacae None Enterococcus faecalis
Klebsiella pneumoniae Fusobacterium nucleatum Enterococcus faecalis