TABLE 1.

Summary of results of universal PCR, gram-negative-specific PCR, and gram-positive-specific PCR of pathogenic bacteria

Isolate (no. of different isolates)	Broad-range PCR
	Universal	Gram-negative-specific	Gram-positive-specific
Aeromonas caviae (1)	+	+
Aeromonas hydrophila (1)	+	+
Acinetobacter baumannii (2)	+	+
Acinetobacter junii (1)	+	+
Acinetobacter species (3)	+	+
Bacillus cereus (1)	+		+
Bacillus species (1)	+		+
Bacillus subtilis (1)	+		+
Campylobacter jejuni (1)	+	+
Citrobacter freundii (1)	+	+
Citrobacter species (1)	+	+
Clostridium difficile (3)	+		+
Clostridium perfringens (1)	+		+
Clostridium species (1)	+		+
Clostridium subterminale (1)	+		+
Corynebacterium species (2)	+		+
Escherichia coli (6)	+	+
Eikenella corrodens (2)	+	+
Enterobacter aerogenes (3)	+	+
Enterobacter agglomerans (1)	+	+
Enterobacter cloacae (3)	+	+
Enterobacter sakazakii (1)	+	+
Enterobacter species (1)	+	+
Enterococcus species (1)	+		+
Fusobacterium species (1)	+		+
Haemophilus species (2)	+	+
Klebsiella oxytoca (4)	+	+
Klebsiella pneumoniae (3)	+	+
Klebsiella species (3)	+	+
Morganella morganii (2)	+	+
Neisseria sicca (1)	+	+
Neisseria species (1)	+	+
Peptostreptococcus species (2)	+		+
Prevotella melaninogenica (1)	+	+
Prevotella species (1)	+	+
Propionibacterium species (1)	+		+
Proteus mirabilis (1)	+	+
Proteus species (2)	+	+
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4)	+	+
Pseudomonas species (1)	+	+
Salmonella group C (4)	+	+
Salmonella group D (3)	+	+
Salmonella group E (1)	+	+
Salmonella typhi (2)	+	+
Serratia liquefaciens (1)	+	+
Serratia marcescens (2)	+	+
Staphylococcus aureus (5)	+		+
Staphylococcus epidermidis (4)	+		+
Staphylococcus hominis (1)	+		+
Staphylococcus species (1)	+		+
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (2)	+	+
Stenotrophomonas species (1)	+	+
Streptococcus agalactiae (1)	+		+
Streptococcus group A (2)	+		+
Streptococcus group B (2)	+		+
Streptococcus group C (1)	+		+
Streptococcus intermedius (2)	+		+
Streptococcus milleri (2)	+		+
Streptococcus mitis (1)	+		+
Streptococcus pneumoniae (4)	+		+
Streptococcus viridans (2)	+		+
Veillonella species (2)	+		+