TABLE 2.

Blood culture organisms corresponding to predetermined SSCP patterns (n = 251)

SSCP pattern identification	n		Identification by conventional testing	n
One SSCP pattern discernible
Staphylococcus epidermidis	58b		S. epidermidis	54
			S. hyicus subsp. hyicus	1
			CoNS	1
			Mixed infectiona	2
E. coli	23		E. coli	21
			Mixed infection	2
S. aureus or CoNS group	68		S. aureus	36
			CoNS	2
			S. hominis	9
			S. simulans	1
			S. haemolyticus	7
			S. auricularis	11
			S. carnosus	1
			Mixed infection	1
S. warneri	14		S. warneri	5
			CoNS	2
			S. auricularis	2
			S. hyicus subsp. hyicus	3
			Mixed infection	2
S. capitis	6		S. capitis	2
			S. kloosii	1
			Mixed infection	3
S. pneumoniae or S. mitis	21		S. pneumoniae	12
			Viridans group streptococci	6
			Mixed infection	3
E. cloacae or K. pneumoniae	9		E. cloacae	3
			K. pneumoniae	3
			Mixed infection	3
E. faecalis	17		E. faecalis	13
			Mixed infection	4
P. aeruginosa	9		P. aeruginosa	3
			Mixed infection	6
M. luteus	6		Micrococcus sp.	3
			Gemella sp.	1
			Stomatococcus sp.	1
			Mixed infection	1
P. acnes	5		P. acnes	2
			Propionibacterium sp.	1
			Diphtheroids	2
Streptococcus group B	1		Streptococcus group B	1
Streptococcus group A	1		Mixed infection	1
E. faecium	2		E. faecium	2
S. salivarius	1		S. mutans	1
S. maltophila	2		S. maltophila	1
			Mixed infection	1
More than one pattern discernible	8		See Table 4

^aSee Table 4. 

^bThere is a correlation between the results on the left side of the table and those on the right side (i.e., n = 58 corresponds to n = 54 + 1 + 1 + 2).