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Table 4 Patients with a positive SeptiFast test for more than one pathogen

From: Quantitative data from the SeptiFast real-time PCR is associated with disease severity in patients with sepsis

Sex, age

Focus of infection

PCR result with Crossing point (Cp) values

Blood culture result

Severe sepsis/septic shock

Male, 93 years

Cholangitis

Escherichia coli (Cp:13.69), Klebsiella pneumoniae/oxytoca (Cp:11.20)

Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae/oxytoca

Yes

Male, 89 years

Abdominal infection

Escherichia coli (Cp:13.95), Klebsiella pneumoniae/oxytoca (Cp:17.01) Streptococcus species (Cp:16.67)

Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae/oxytoca, Streptococcus species

Yes

Male, 81 years

Cholangitis

Escherichia coli (Cp:22.61), Klebsiella pneumoniae/oxytoca (Cp:21.48)

Negative

No

Female, 54 years

Intestinal ulceration

Enterobacter cloacae (Cp:8.47), Enterococcus faecalis (Cp:8.76)

Enterobacter cloacae, Enterococcus faecalis

No