| |
PCR(+) BC(+)
(n) |
PCR(+) BC(-)
(n) |
BC(+) PCR(-)
(n) |
| Pathogens on the PCR test menu |
| Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Staphylococcus aureus |
2 |
5 |
2 |
| Streptococcus species |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Streptococcus pneumoniae |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Escherichia coli |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Enterobacter aerogenes/cloacae |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae/oxytoca |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Pathogens not on the PCR test menu |
| Citrobacter species |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Bacteroides species |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Fusobacterium species |
0 |
0 |
1 |
PCR, polymerase chain reaction; BC, blood culture. |
