Table 4. . Comparison of target genes for commercially available bacterial meningitis PCR assays.

Species	Multipex LightMix real-time PCR assay	Speed-oligo bacterial meningitis test	Fast track bacterial meningitis kit
Streptococcus pneumoniae	lytA	lytA	lytA
Neisseria meningitidis	ctrA	ctrA	ctrA
Haemophilus influenzae	hpd	bexA	ompP2
Listeria monocytogenes	hlyA
Streptococcus agalactiae	cfb