. 2020 Jun 24;58(7):e00128-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00128-20

TABLE 2.

Contrived polymicrobial clinical specimens

Sample set	Organism	Spike level (copies/ml)^a	Sample	No. with BioFire PN panel result
Sample set	Organism	Spike level (copies/ml)^a	Sample	10⁴ copies/ml	10⁶ copies/ml	≥10⁷ copies/ml
1	A. baumannii	10⁴	BAL	10	0	0
1	A. baumannii	10⁴	Sputum	10	0	0
	E. cloacae	10^5.5	BAL	0	6	4
	E. cloacae	10^5.5	Sputum	0	10	0
	E. coli	10⁷	BAL	0	0	10
	E. coli	10⁷	Sputum	0	0	10
2	E. cloacae	10⁴	BAL	10	0	0
2	E. cloacae	10⁴	Sputum	10	0	0
	E. coli	10^5.5	BAL	0	10	0
	E. coli	10^5.5	Sputum	0	10	0
	A. baumannii	10⁷	BAL	0	0	10
	A. baumannii	10⁷	Sputum	0	0	10
3	E. coli	10⁴	BAL	10	0	0
3	E. coli	10⁴	Sputum	10	0	0
	A. baumannii	10^5.5	BAL	0	10	0
	A. baumannii	10^5.5	Sputum	0	10	0
	E. cloacae	10⁷	BAL	0	0	10
	E. cloacae	10⁷	Sputum	0	0	10
4	K. oxytoca	10⁴	BAL	10	0	0
4	K. oxytoca	10⁴	Sputum	10	0	0
	P. mirabilis^b	10^5.5	BAL	0	10	0
	P. mirabilis^b	10^5.5	Sputum	0	10	0
	S. marcescens	10⁷	BAL	0	0	10
	S. marcescens	10⁷	Sputum	0	0	10
5	P. mirabilis	10⁴	BAL	10	0	0
5	P. mirabilis	10⁴	Sputum	10	0	0
	S. marcescens	10^5.5	BAL	0	10	0
	S. marcescens	10^5.5	Sputum	0	10	0
	K. oxytoca	10⁷	BAL	0	0	10
	K. oxytoca	10⁷	Sputum	0	0	10
6	S. marcescens	10⁴	BAL	10	0	0
6	S. marcescens	10⁴	Sputum	10	0	0
	K. oxytoca	10^5.5	BAL	0	10	0
	K. oxytoca	10^5.5	Sputum	0	10	0
	P. mirabilis	10⁷	BAL	0	0	9^a
	P. mirabilis	10⁷	Sputum	0	0	10

Levels of 10⁴, 10^5.5, and 10⁷ are considered low, medium, and high, respectively.

P. mirabilis in one BAL specimen was reported as “not detected” by the BioFire PN panel.