TABLE 2.
Comparison of 16S rRNA sequencing results categorized by bacterial infection and nonbacterial infection
| 16S rRNA sequencing resulta | No. (%) of infections |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Bacterial | Nonbacterial | Total | |
| Positive | 97 (22.4) | 11 (2.5) | 108 |
| Negative | 156 (35.9) | 170 (39.2) | 326 |
| Total | 253 | 181 | 434 |
a
Positive included a result identifiable to bacterial genus or species and a result that reported mixed organisms. Negative included a result where the PCR product was not detected and where the 16S rRNA gene was detected but failed to identify bacteria by sequencing.