Figure 2.

Quantitative visualization of qPCR microbial gene targets and culture positive targets. Forty-four bacterial, fungal and antibiotic resistance gene targets were successfully tested in 36 sputum samples using the QIAGEN’s Respiratory Infections Microbial DNA qPCR array. Samples were ordered by patient group, exacerbation cohort (n=25) and stable cohort (n=15). Highly positive (+) targets are shown in green, low positive (+/−) targets in yellow and negative (−) targets in grey. Five individual bacterial species and one fungal species were identified by culture.