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Table 3 Pathogens detected by SeptiFast and blood culture analyses

From: Evaluation of pathogen detection from clinical samples by real-time polymerase chain reaction using a sepsis pathogen DNA detection kit

 

Strain detected

Pathogen

Only by BC

Only by Septi Fast

Both methods

S.aureus (MSSA)

0

3

3

S.aureus (MRSA)

2

0

4

S.pneumoniae

0

1

0

Streptococcus spp.

0

2

1

Enterococcus faecalis

0

1

0

Enterococcus faecium

2

0

0

Enterobacter aerogenes/cloacae

0

3

1

Escherichia coli

0

3

9

Klebsiella pneumoniae/oxytoca

1

5

1

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1

4

1

Candida albicans

0

1

0

Candida tropicalis

0

1

1

Sub-total

6

24

21

Not detectable by SeptiFast

5

0

0

Total

11

24

21