Table 1.
Blood culture and ddPCR results of the patient cohort.
| Patient | Blood culture results | ddPCR | Bacteria | Gram‐positive bacteria | Gram‐negative bacteria | Fungi | Sequence results of blood samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | S. aureus (3fl) | – | – | – | – | – | Negative |
| #2 | Aeromonas sp. (3fl) | – | – | – | – | – | Negative |
| #3 | C. parapsilosis (1fl) | – | – | – | – | – | Negative |
| #4 | C. albicans (2fl) | + | + | + | – | + | C. albicans |
| #5 | C. parapsilosis (1fl) | + | + | – | + | + | C. parapsilosis |
| #6 | Diphtheroid rods (2fl) | + | + | – | + | – | Brevibacterium |
| #7 | CNS (2fl) | + | + | + | – | – | Negative |
| E. coli (2fl) | |||||||
| E. faecium (3fl) | |||||||
| S. viridans (1fl) | |||||||
| C. albicans (1fl) | |||||||
| #8 | E. faecalis (2fl) | + | + | + | – | – | Negative |
| #9 | CNS (4fl) | + | + | + | – | – | Negative |
| #10 | CNS (4fl) | + | + | + | – | – | Negative |
| E. faecium (1fl) | |||||||
| #11 | S. epidermidis (2fl) | + | + | + | – | – | Negative |
| #12 | K. pneumonia (3fl) | + | + | – | + | – | Negative |
| #13 | C. freundii (2fl) | + | + | – | + | – | S. marcescens |
| S. marcescens (3fl) | |||||||
| #14 | E. coli (2fl) | + | + | – | + | – | Negative |
| #15 | K. pneumoniae (1fl) | + | + | – | + | + | K. pneumoniae |
| P. mirabilis (1fl) | C. parapsilosis | ||||||
| C. parapsilosis (1fl) | |||||||
| #16 | Negative | + | + | + | – | – | Staphylococcus species |
| #17 | Negative | + | + | + | – | – | Negative |
| #18 | Negative | + | + | + | – | – | Negative |
| #19 | Negative | + | + | – | + | – | Negative |
| Other | 26 negative cases | – | – | – | – | – | N/A |
CNS, coagulase‐negative staphylococci; ddPCR, droplet digital polymerase chain reaction; fl, flask; N/A, not applicable.
Plus (+) is a positive result, minus (–) is a negative result. The flasks represent the number of blood flasks determined positive for a certain pathogen.