Table 4 Metagenomic results of PCR Positive, Culture Negative (PPCN) specimens

P1^c

Urine

Enterococcus faecalis*, Enterococcus phoeniculicola

P5^c

Urine

Methylobacterium longum*, Paracoccus sphaerophysae, Burkholderiale, Paracoccus sphaerophysae, Aquabacterium parvum, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Kytococcus aerolatus

P14^d

Urine

Morganella morganii*, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

P23^d

CSF

Ralstonia ^a

P24^d

Pleural Fluid

Tessaracoccus *

P30^d

Pus Swab

Finegoldia magna*, Pseudomonas aeruginosa (low abudance), Staphylococcus aureus (low abundance)

P34^d

Urine

Prevotella bivia*, Streptococcus infantis

P37^{b, d}

Endo tracheal secretion

Streptococcus ^a, Streptococcus parasanguinis, Streptococcus mitis, Raoultella planticola, Porphyromonas gingivalis

P40^d

Pus Swab

Rhizobiales ^a, Corynebacterium, Prevotella bivia, Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum

P51^d

Pus Swab

Corynebacterium*, Jonquetella anthropi, Staphylococcus (low abundance)

P53^d

Cyst fluid

Micrococcus luteus ^a, Streptococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp.

P54^d

CSF

Mycoplasma hominis, Comamonas denitrificans

P57^d

Wound Swab

Phyllobacteriaceae ^a, Sphingopyxis fribergensis, Staphylococcus spp. (9), Corynebacterium (6)

P59^d

Pleural Fluid

Staphylococcus aureus ^a, Sphingopyxis fribergensis

P60^d

Sputum

Comamonas denitrificans ^a, Acinetobacter baumannii, Streptococcus spp. (5), Staphylococcus spp. (5)

P67^d

Pus Swab

Staphylococcus aureus ^a, Burkholderia multivorans

P81^{b, d}

Seminal Fluid

Prevotella bivia*, Staphylococcus intermedius, Staphylococcus petrasii, Lactobacillus fermentum