Table 2 Microorganisms detected in sepsis patients with PCR-ST alone, blood culture alone or detected with both methods

  Staphylococcus aureus

3

1

1

 Coagulase negative Staphylococci (CoNS)

2

3

5^a

  Staphylococcus spp.

1

0

1

  Enterococcus spp.

1

3

3^b

  Streptococcus pneumoniae

1

0

0

  Escherichia coli

1

1

0

  Klebsiella oxytoca

0

0

1

  Candida albicans

1

1

0

Polymicrobial^c

5

1

0

PCR-ST

BC

Monomicrobial

 Coagulase negative Staphylococci

5

20

  Staphylococcus spp.

3

0

  Propionibacterium spp.

0

2

  Streptococcus spp.

4

0

  Enterococcus spp.

1

0

  Lactococcus lactis

1

0

  Rickettsia symbiont

1

0

  Corynebacterium spp.

1

0

Polymicrobial^c

5

0

PCR-ST

BC

both

Total

36

32

11