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. 2020 Jun 26;24:378. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03102-2

Table 3.

The 25 pathogen detection discordances between conventional microbiological cultures and Unyvero

Discordance Conventional culturesa Unyvero*
Unyvero failed to detect a pathogen
 1 Klebsiella pneumoniae
Escherichia coli Escherichia coli
 2 Klebsiella pneumoniae Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
 3b Enterobacter aerogenes Klebsiella oxytoca
Proteus mirabilis
 4 Staphylococcus aureus
Acinetobacter baumannii Acinetobacter baumannii
 5 Klebsiella pneumoniae
Escherichia coli Escherichia coli
Morganella morganii Morganella morganii
 6 Enterobacter aerogenes
Klebsiella pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae
 7 Enterobacter aerogenes
 8 Klebsiella oxytoca
 9 Klebsiella pneumoniae
 10 Staphylococcus aureus
 11 Klebsiella variicola
Conventional cultures detected no specific pathogen
 12 Oropharyngeal flora
 13 Oropharyngeal flora
 14 Oropharyngeal flora
Pathogen not in the Unyvero panel
 15 Kluyvera ascorbata Enterobacter cloacae
 16 Raoultella ornithinolytica
Proteus mirabilis Proteus spp.
 17 Achromobacter xylosoxidans
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
 18 Enterococcus faecium
 19 Enterococcus faecium
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
Unyvero overdetected pathogens
 20 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Serratia marcescens Serratia marcescens
Klebsiella pneumoniae Klebsiella pneumoniae
Escherichia coli
 21 Enterobacter cloacae Enterobacter cloacae
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
 22 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
 23 Staphylococcus aureus
 24 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
 25 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

aFalse results (positive or negative) are in bold type

bThis episode had false-negative and false-positive findings