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PCR/ESI-TOF-MS # sites with at least one organism recovered (%)
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TCM # sites with at least one organism recovered (%)
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p value
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Any potentially clinically relevant organism*
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Including streptococci
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123 (77.8)
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20 (12.7)
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<0.01
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Not including streptococci
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94 (59.4)
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19 (12.8)
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<0.01
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Six most common bacteria recovered from clinical cultures**
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58 (36.7%)
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16 (10.1)
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<0.01
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- *S. aureus, K. pneumoniae, Enterobacter spp., Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp., Aerobic gram-negative rods (see Figure 1), Candida spp., E. coli, Enterococcus spp., and Haemophilus influenzae.
- **S. aureus, K. pneumoniae, Enterobacter spp., Pseudomonas spp., Acinetobacter spp., and E. coli.