Table 3 Clinical and laboratory details of patients with presumptive false positive results
Demographics | Age range, Gender | Brief History of present illness | T2Bacteria result | Other (+) culture with other than T2-detected pathogen within 21 days | Antibiotics used/Activity against T2 detected bacterium | Relevant Radiologic Findings | Discharge Diagnosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patient 16 | > 65, F | Nausea, vomiting, imbalance and blurry vision. No signs of infection. A TTE performed on day 4 showed a mobile echo-density on the aortic valve which was consistent with Lambl’s excrescence or vegetation and prompted BCs. | E. coli | No | None | MRI brain: Large acute infarct in the right cerebral hemisphere. | Stroke |
Patient 17 | 50–64, F | Patient with abdominal pain and melena | E. coli | Cutibacterium acnes | None | Abdomen CT: pancreatitis with multiple pseudocysts | Alcohol-induced acute pancreatitis with pancreatic pseudocyst. |
Patient 18 | 50–64, M | 2 days PTA patient visited the ED for traumatic shoulder injury and BC was received. Admitted because BC yielded CoNS. | E. coli | No | None | – | Musculoskeletal shoulder injury |
Patient 19 | 18–49, M | HIV positive on HAART treatment. (last CD4 was 450 cells/mm3) presents febrile (up to 38.8 °C) after status epilepticus. | P. aeruginosa | No | CRO, VAN/ No | Normal CT and MRI of the brain | Seizure Disorder |
Patient 20 | 18–49, F | 3 days of diffuse body rash, fever (40.4 °C) and headache. | P. aeruginosa | No | FEP, VAN, DOX/ Yes (FEP-96%) | – | Undiagnosed/ Possible Q Fever, Parvovirus B19, Toxoplasmosis |
Patient 6 | > 65, M | Fever, dysuria, sepsis | P. aeruginosaa | No | CIP/ Yes (CIP-85%) | – | Pyelonephritis |