Skip to main content
. 2021 Sep 3;67(4):fmab073. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmab073

Table 1.

Type of specimen, test performed and organism identified

Test performed Type of specimen and positive rate Organisms identified

  • Culture

  • Performed—41

  • Positive—22

 Blood—14 (32.5%)

  • Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus—2

  • Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus—3

  • Coagulase negative Staphylococcus spp.—2

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa—2

  • Salmonella typhi—1

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae—1
Respiratory secretion—5 (11.6%)

  • Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus—3

  • Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus—1

  • Coagulase negative Staphylococcus spp.– 1
Cerebrospinal fluid—3 (6.9%)

  • Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus—1

  • Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus—2

  • Serology

  • Performed—24

  • Positive—16

 Blood—16 (37.2%)

  • Scrub Typhus—7

  • Dengue—5

  • Salmonella typhi—2

  • Hepatitis A—1

  • Epstein–Barr virus—1

  • Multiplex PCR

  • Performed—14

  • Positive—5

 Respiratory secretion—5 (11.6%)

  • Respiratory syncytial virus—2

  • Influenza-A—1

  • Adenovirus—1

  • Rhinovirus—1