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. 2020 Aug 5;20:578. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-05305-y

Table 1.

Lists of Gram-positive anaerobes (GPA) s identified in blood cultures using MALDI-TOF MS (2016–2018) and conventional phenotypic method (2013–2015)

2016–2018 Number (%) 2013–2015 Number (%)
Identified GPA at species level Identified GPA at species level
Clostridium perfringens 23 (18.3) Clostridium perfringens 26 (37.1)
Parvimonas micra 22 (17.5) Anaerococcus prevotii 6 (8.6)
Eggerthella lenta 12 (9.5) Clostridium innocuum 2 (2.9)
Clostridium ramosum 5 (4.0) Eubacterium limosum 2 (2.9)
Bifidobacterium breve 5 (4.0) Anaerococcus tetradius 1 (1.4)
Actinomyces neuii 4 (3.2) Clostridium butyricum 1 (1.4)
Lactobacillus rhamnosus 3 (2.4) Clostridium septicum 1 (1.4)
Actinomyces oris 2 (1.6) Clostridium sporogenes 1 (1.4)
Brevibacterium ravenspurgense 2 (1.6) Clostridium subterminale 1 (1.4)
Clostridium clostridioforme 2 (1.6) Eggerthella lenta 1 (1.4)
Eubacterium limosum 2 (1.6) Paraclostridium bifermentans 1 (1.4)
Lactobacillus fermentum 2 (1.6) Parvimonas micra 1 (1.4)
Lactobacillus paracasei 2 (1.6)
Actinomyces meyeri 1 (0.7)
Actinomyces odontolyticus 1 (0.7)
Actinomyces turicensis 1 (0.7)
Actinotignum schaalii 1 (0.7)
Bifidobacterium adolescentis 1 (0.7)
Bifidobacterium dentium 1 (0.7)
Bifidobacterium longum 1 (0.7)
Brevibacillus brevis 1 (0.7)
Clostridioides difficile 1 (0.7)
Clostridium bifermentans 1 (0.7)
Clostridium butyricum 1 (0.7)
Clostridium innocuum 1 (0.7)
Clostridium paraputrificum 1 (0.7)
Clostridium septicum 1 (0.7)
Clostridium symbiosum 1 (0.7)
Hungatella hathewayi 1 (0.7)
Lactobacillus gasseri 1 (0.7)
Lactobacillus salivarius 1 (0.7)
Paraclostridium bifermentans 1 (0.7)
Unidentified GPA at species level Unidentified GPA at species level
 Undetermined anaerobic gram positive cocci 18 (14.3) Undetermined anaerobic gram positive cocci 14 (20.0)
Clostridium species 2 (1.6) Undetermined anaerobic gram positive rod 3 (4.3)
 Undetermined anaerobic gram positive rod 1 (0.7) Propionibacterium species 3 (4.3)
Clostridium species 3 (4.3)
Peptostreptococcus species 2 (2.9)
Lactobacillus species 1 (1.4)
Total 126 Total 70