TABLE 3.

The number of times the microorganisms present in the Curetis Unyvero P50 assay were detected by conventional methods and the multiplex PCR assay

	Conventional method + PCR +	Conventional method – PCR +	Conventional method + PCR –
Acinetobacter baumannii	2	5	0
Chlamydophila pneumoniae	0	1	0
Escherichia coli	5	3	5
Haemophilus influenzae	8	20	4
Klebsiella oxytoca	1	1	0
Klebsiella pneumoniae	2	1	2
Legionella pneumophila	0	1	0
Moraxella catarrhalis	2	6	1
Morganella morganii	0	2	0
Proteus spp.	0	1	0
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	13	5	2
Serratia marcescens	4	1	0
Staphylococcus aureus	11	6	7
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia	6	3	1
Streptococcus mitis/Streptococcus pneumoniae	8	16	7
Total	62	72	29