TABLE 3.
Comparison of bacterial culture and 16S rRNA gene sequencing among bacterial infection cases
| 16S rRNA sequencing resulta | No. (%) of cases |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Culture positive | Culture negative | Total | |
| Positive | 82 (32.4) | 15 (5.9) | 97 |
| Negative | 26 (10.3) | 130 (51.4) | 156 |
| Total | 108 | 145 | 253 |
a
Positive included an identifiable result 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.