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Table 2 Discordant episodes between phenotypic and molecular tests of isolates from BSI in paediatric cancer patients

From: Clinical relevance of molecular identification of microorganisms and detection of antimicrobial resistance genes in bloodstream infections of paediatric cancer patients

Episode

Phenotypic method

Molecular method

24

Staphylococcus warneri

Negative

29

Staphylococcus aureus

Negative

47

Staphylococcus aureus

CoNS

5

Escherichia coli

Negative

59

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Negative

68

Burkholderia cepacia

CoNS/Ralstonia pickettii

  1. CoNS Coagulase negative Staphylococci