Evaluation of a real-time PCR assay for detection and quantification of bacterial DNA directly in blood of preterm neonates with suspected late-onset sepsis

Table 2 Performance of the multiplex PCR assay compared with blood culture (polymicrobial infections excluded)

		Blood culture		Total
		+	–
PCR	+	31 CoNS 7 Staphylococcus aureus 2 Escherichia coli 1 Streptococcus agalactiae	4 CoNS 1 S. aureus 1 S. agalactiae	47
PCR	–	11 CoNS 1 S. aureus	25	37
Total		53	31	84

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