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Table 2 Site of infection and pathogens isolated

From: Use of plasma C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, neutrophils, macrophage migration inhibitory factor, soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor, and soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 in combination to diagnose infections: a prospective study

Site of infection (n)a

Pathogens isolated (n)a

Respiratory system (58)

Streptococcus pneumonia (14), Legionella pneumonia (4), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (3), Haemophilus influenza (3), Moraxella catarrhalis (2), Mycoplasma pneumonia (2), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1), Chlamydia psittaci (1), Escherichia coli (1), Streptococcus haemolytica group A (1), varicella zoster virus (1), coronavirus (1), unknown bacterialb (19), unknown viralb (5)

Urinary tract (25)

Escherichia coli (19), Streptococcus haemolytica group G (1), unknown bacterialb (5)

Gastrointestinal tract (16)

Campylobacter jejuni (3), Salmonella enteritidis (2), Bacteroides fragilis (1), Salmonella dublin (1), Salmonella typhi (1), Streptococcus haemolytica group C (1), rotavirus (1), unknown bacterialb (4), unknown viralb (2)

Skin/soft tissue and bone/joint infection (8)

Streptococcus haemolytica groups B and G (2), Staphylococcus aureus (1), unknown bacterialb (4), unknown viralb (1)

Cenral nervous system (5)

Neisseria meningitidis (1), Streptococcus pneumoniae (1), unknown viralb (3)

Miscellaneous (9)

Trepomena palidum (1), Enterococcus gallinarum (1), Plasmodium falciparum (5), Epstein-Barr virus (2)

  1. Data are expressed as number of patients (in parenttheses). a Four patients had two sites of infection; two had pneumonia and urinary tract infection, one had meningitis and pneumonia, and one had staphylococcal skin infection and malaria. bClassified by two specialists in infectious diseases based on typical clinical presentation, anamnesis, chest radiography and other imaging, and cell counts from culture-negative pleura fluid, urine, and cererospinal fluid. Consensus was achieved in all cases.