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Table 3 Comparison of broad range 16 S rDNA and conventional Bactec blood culture

From: Comparison of broad range 16S rDNA PCR and conventional blood culture for diagnosis of sepsis in the newborn: a case control study

 

Number of patients

Broad Range 16 S rDNA PCR

Sepsis

 

Negative

Positive

   Bactec +

6#

2*

4

   Bactec -

25

20

5

Not sepsis

   

   Bactec +

0

0

0

   Bactec -

17

16

1

  1. # Culture from one patient grew four organisms (Klebsiella spp, Escherichia coli, a viridans Streptococcus and Staphylococcus aureus), culture from another patient grew two organisms (an unnamed viridans Streptococcus and Streptococcus gordomitis). Both had a positive PCR-result and were diagnosed with sepsis based on additional clinical and laboratory findings.
  2. * One of these patients had an inconclusive PCR.
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BMC Pediatrics

ISSN: 1471-2431

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