Table 3 Clinically relevant microbial findings made by multiplex PCR but not by blood culture

1

Enterobacter aerogenes

Abdominal abscess.

2

Enterococcus faecalis ^a

Acute pyelonephritis. Grew E. faecalis in the urine.

3

Escherichia coli ^a

Acute pyelonephritis. Grew E. faecalis in the urine.

4

Escherichia coli ^a

Acute pyelonephritis. Grew E. faecalis in the urine.

5

Escherichia coli ^a

Acute pyelonephritis. Grew E. faecalis in the urine.

6

Escherichia coli

Acute cholecystitis. Elevated liver enzymes and positive computed tomography scan. Three months earlier, the patient had an acute cholecystitis with E. coli in blood cultures.

7

Escherichia coli

Acute pyelonephritis. Urine culture could not be obtained.

8

Escherichia coli

Abdominal abscess after appendectomy.

9

Klebsiella oxytoca

Perianal abscess.

10

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Acute pyelonephritis. Urine culture could not be obtained.

11

Staphylococcus aureus ^a

Infected leg ulcer. Grew S. aureus in the ulcer.

12

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Infected chronic leg ulcer.

13

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Clinical pneumonia, confirmed by chest x-ray.

14

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Fever, respiratory distress, pulmonary fibrosis. No other diagnosis was made. Chest x-ray inconclusive for pneumonia.

15

Streptococcus spp.

Acute cholangitis. Elevated liver enzymes and positive computed tomography scan.