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Table 1 Results of MS analysis for microorganisms’ identification in positive blood cultures using SepsiTyper kit and in-house method

From: Cheap and rapid in-house method for direct identification of positive blood cultures by MALDI-TOF MS technology

Species (as identified by the routine method)

N

SepsiTyper kit

In-house method

Sa < 1.7

1.7 ≤ S ≤ 1.999

S ≥ 2.0

No identification

S < 1.7

1.7 ≤ S ≤ 1.999

S ≥ 2.0

No identification

Acinetobacter baumannii

6

1

4

1

 

3

3

  

Bacteroides fragilis

2

2

2

  

2

  

2

Campylobacter fetus

2

2

   

1

  

1

Candida albicans

5

1

3

 

1

3

  

2

Candida tropicalis

2

1

1

     

2

Citrobacter freundii

2

 

1

1

 

1

 

1

 

Citrobacter koseri

4

 

2

2

 

2

2

  

Clostridium perfringens

2

 

1

1

 

1

1

  

Corynebacterium amycolatum

2

 

2

  

1

  

1

Corynebacterium jeikeium

1

1

   

1

   

Enterobacter aerogenes

4

 

2

2

 

3

1

  

Enterobacter cloacae

4

 

2

2

 

1

3

  

Enterococcus faecalis

11

2

7

2

 

6

4

 

1

Escherichia coli

17

 

6

11

 

7

8

2

 

Fusobacterium nucleatum

2

1

1

  

1

  

1

Haemophilus influenzae

3

2

  

1

   

3

Klebsiella oxytoca

2

 

2

  

2

   

Klebsiella pneumoniae

11

 

6

5

 

3

8

  

Micrococcus luteus

3

 

1

2

 

1

2

  

Morganella morganii

2

  

2

  

2

  

Plesiomonas shigelloides

3

 

2

1

 

2

1

  

Propionibacterium acnes

4

1

3

  

3

1

  

Proteus mirabilis

4

  

4

  

4

  

Providencia rettgeri

4

 

2

2

 

1

2

1

 

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

6

 

2

4

 

3

3

  

Serratia marcescens

3

  

3

 

3

   

Staphylococcus aureus

22

 

9

13

 

7

11

4

 

Staphylococcus capitis

4

 

3

1

 

3

1

  

Staphylococcus epidermidis

16

1

9

6

 

9

6

 

1

Staphylococcus haemolyticus

3

1

2

  

2

  

1

Staphylococcus hominis

4

 

1

3

  

4

  

Staphylococcus lugdunensis

3

 

2

1

 

1

2

  

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

2

 

2

  

2

   

Streptococcus agalactiae

2

 

1

1

 

1

1

  

Streptococcus dysgalactiae

4

1

3

  

3

  

1

Streptococcus gallolyticus

2

 

2

  

2

   

Streptococcus pneumoniae

5

1

2

2

 

2

2

1

 

Streptococcus pyogenes

3

1

2

  

2

  

1

Streptococcus sanguinis

3

 

3

  

2

  

1

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