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. 2019 Jan 30;57(2):e01182-18. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01182-18

TABLE 2.

Microorganisms detected by sonicate fluid culture and metagenomic analysis

Data set Subject category (no. of subjects) Microbiology results (no. of subjects) Microorganism(s) detected (no. of subjects):
In sonicate fluid culture By using metagenomic analysis of sonicate fluid
Derivation set Prosthetic joint infection (103) Positive sonicate fluid culture and metagenomic detection (57)
    Concordance (44) Staphylococcus epidermidis (20) S. epidermidis (20)
Staphylococcus aureus (11) S. aureus (11)
Streptococcus agalactiae (2) S. agalactiae (2)
Corynebacterium jeikeium (2) C. jeikeium (2)
Staphylococcus lugdunensis (1) S. lugdunensis (1)
Staphylococcus caprae (1) S. caprae (1)
Enterococcus faecalis (1) E. faecalis (1)
Citrobacter koseri (1) C. koseri (1)
Serratia marcescens (1) S. marcescens (1)
Granulicatella adiacens (1) G. adiacens (1)
Corynebacterium striatum (1) C. striatum (1)
Candida albicans (1) C. albicans (1)
E. faecalis + S. epidermidis (1) E. faecalis + S. epidermidis (1)
    Partial concordance (11)
        Additional organism(s) found by sonicate fluid culture or metagenomic detection (7) S. agalactiae + Peptoniphilus indolicus (1) S. agalactiae + Peptoniphilus harei (1)
S. aureus + Porphyromonas sp. (1) S. aureus (1)
S. aureus (1) S. aureus + P. harei (1)
S. epidermidis (1) S. epidermidis + Finegoldia magna (1)
S. aureus + S. epidermidis (1) S. epidermidis (1)
Viridans group Streptococcus sp. + Klebsiella oxytoca + Corynebacterium sp. (1) Streptococcus mitis (1)
Actinomyces odontolyticus + Peptoniphilus sp. + Anaerococcus vaginalis + S. agalactiae + Enterobacter aerogenes (1) Actinomyces sp. + P. harei + A. vaginalis + S. agalactiae + Anaerococcus obesiensis (1)
        Group- or genus-level identification only by sonicate fluid culture or metagenomic detection (4) Cutibacterium acnes (1) Cutibacterium sp. (1)
Viridans group Streptococcus sp. (1) Streptococcus sp. (1)
S. epidermidis (1) Staphylococcus sp. (1)
Corynebacterium amycolatum (1) Corynebacterium sp. (1)
    Discordance (2) Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2) S. epidermidis (2)
Metagenomic detection and negative sonicate fluid culture (15) S. aureus (3)
S. epidermidis (2)
Staphylococcus sp. (2)
Streptococcus dysgalactiae (1)
E. faecalis (1)
Clostridium perfringens (1)
G. adiacens (1)
Enterobacter cloacae (1)
Streptococcus equinus + Streptococcus pasteurianus (1)
Streptococcus sp. + Staphylococcus sp. (1)
Aerococcus urinae + Peptoniphilus sp. (1)
No metagenomic detection with positive sonicate fluid culture (3) C. jeikeium (1)
C. striatum (1)
P. aeruginosa (1)
No metagenomic detection with negative sonicate fluid culture (28)
Aseptic failure (101) Metagenomic detection and negative sonicate fluid culture (5) S. aureus (1)
Streptococcus thermophilus (1)
Bacteroides fragilis (1)
Rothia sp. (1)
Facklamia sp. (1)
No metagenomic detection and negative sonicate fluid culture (96)
Validation set Prosthetic joint infection (110) Positive sonicate fluid culture and metagenomic detection (52)
    Concordance (39) S. epidermidis (16) S. epidermidis (16)
S. aureus (5) S. aureus (5)
S. agalactiae (3) S. agalactiae (3)
S. lugdunensis (2) S. lugdunensis (2)
G. adiacens (2) G. adiacens (2)
Staphylococcus capitis (1) S. capitis (1)
Streptococcus salivarius (1) S. salivarius (1)
Enterococcus faecium (1) E. faecium (1)
E. faecalis (1) E. faecalis (1)
Aggregatibacter aphrophilus (1) A. aphrophilus (1)
Bacteroides fragilis (1) B. fragilis (1)
Cutibacterium avidum (1) C. avidum (1)
C. acnes (1) C. acnes (1)
Corynebacterium pyruviciproducens (1) C. pyruviciproducens (1)
C. striatum (1) C. striatum (1)
S. epidermidis + C. amycolatum (1) S. epidermidis + C. amycolatum (1)
    Partial concordance (12)
        Additional organism(s) found by sonicate fluid culture or metagenomic detection (7) S. epidermidis + E. faecalis + Finegoldia magna (1) E. faecalis (1)
S. epidermidis + Bacillus sp. (1) S. epidermidis (1)
S. aureus (1) S. aureus + S. epidermidis (1)
S. aureus (1) S. mitis + S. aureus (1)
F. magna + Enterobacter cloacae (1) F. magna (1)
Enterococcus gallinarum (1) E. gallinarum + Enterococcus saccharolyticus (1)
S. mitis group (1) F. magna + Streptococcus oralis (1)
        Group- or genus-level identification only by sonicate fluid culture or metagenomic detection (5) S. epidermidis (2) Staphylococcus sp. (2)
Streptococcus anginosus group (1) Streptococcus intermedius + Streptococcus constellatus (1)
S. mitis group (1) Streptococcus sanguinis (1)
S. mitis group (1) Streptococcus gordonii (1)
    Discordance (1) Staphylococcus pseudintermedius + S. epidermidis (1) S. aureus (1)
Metagenomic detection and negative sonicate fluid culture (22) S. aureus (6)
S. dysgalactiae (3)
S. agalactiae (3)
S. epidermidis (1)
Staphylococcus sp. (1)
Pasteurella multocida (1)
G. adiacens (1)
Corynebacterium glutamicum (1)
Burkholderia sp. (1)
E. cloacae (1)
Mycoplasma salivarium (1)
Streptococcus sp. + S. agalactiae (1)
Staphylococcus haemolyticus + E. faecalis (1)
No metagenomic detection with positive sonicate fluid culture (3) C. acnes (1)
Mycobacterium abscessus (1)
S. haemolyticus (1)
No metagenomic detection and negative sonicate fluid culture (33)
Aseptic failure (94) Metagenomic detection and negative sonicate fluid culture (10) S. aureus (5)
S. mitis (1)
S. sanguinis (1)
Gemella sp. (1)
S. mitis + Streptococcus sp. (1)
S. sanguinis + S. aureus (1)
No metagenomic detection and negative sonicate fluid culture (84)