Table 2.

Bacterial species cultured pre-TLA and with TLA

	pre-TLA	TLA	OR	95% CI	p
Enterobacteriaceae	4902	5187
Escherichia coli	2727	2935	1.0	n/a	n/a
Klebsiella spp	880	821	0.87	0.78–0.97	p = 0.01
Providencia spp	10	23	2.14	0.96–5.04	p = 0.041
Non-fermenting Gram-negative bacteria	688	601
Pseudomonas spp	612	538	0.82	0.72–0.93	p = 0.002
S. maltophilia	32	19	0.55	0.29–1.01	p = 0.038
Gram-positive cocci	3939	4657
Enterococcus spp	2168	2730	1.17	1.08–1.26	p < 0.001
Gram-positive rods	254	547
Actinomyces spp	3	20	6.19	1.83–32.56	p < 0.001
Corynebacterium spp	57	145	2.36	1.72–3.28	p < 0.001
Gardnerella vaginalis	19	99	4.88	2.93–8.39	p < 0.001
Lactobacillus spp	157	221	1.31	1.05–1.62	p = 0.013
Alloscardovia omnicolens	1	10	9.29	1.32–403.16	p = 0.01
Actinobaculum schaalii	13	36	2.57	1.33–5.29	p = 0.003
Others	4	16

Number of identified bacterial species giving statistically significant results. OR with 95% CI and p value

TLA, total laboratory automation; OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; n/a, not applicable