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Table 5 Microbial findings made by microarray but not by blood culture

From: Clinical evaluation of commercial nucleic acid amplification tests in patients with suspected sepsis

Patient

Microarray results

Clinical diagnosis

1

Enterobacter cloacae b

Tendinitis of the hand due to S. aureus.

2

Enterobacter cloacae b

Acute pyelonephritis due to E. faecalis.

3

Enterobacter cloacae b

Neutropenic fever.

4

Enterococcus faecalis a

Acute bronchitis. E. faecalis in urine.

5

Staphylococcus aureus b

Pneumonia.

6

Staphylococcus aureus b

Acute pyelonephritis due to E. coli.

  1. aClinically relevant microbial finding.
  2. bMicrobial finding of unknown significance.