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Table 4 Comparison of pathogen detection by SeptiFast and blood culture analyses following treatment with the antibiotic appropriate to the pathogen

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

  

Blood Culture

 
  

Positive

Negative

Total

SeptiFast

Positive

6

15

21

 

Negative

4a

7

11

Total

 

10

22

32

  1. a One of these four pathogens was a pathogen that is not detectable by SeptiFast.
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