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Table 5 Selected rare organisms detected by PCR/Electron spray ionization-time-of-flight-mass spectrometry (ESI-TOF-MS) in the hospital environment

From: Comparison of PCR/Electron spray Ionization-Time-of-Flight-Mass Spectrometry versus Traditional Clinical Microbiology for active surveillance of organisms contaminating high-use surfaces in a burn intensive care unit, an orthopedic ward and healthcare workers

Microbiology

# PCR/ESI-TOF-MS detections

 

HCW/PPE

Burn ICU rooms

Orthopedic rooms/Shears

Gram-positive

   

 Cocci

   

  Leuconostoc spp.

2

0

5

  S. pyogenes

  

1

  S. pneumoniae

 

1

7

 Bacilli

   

  Clostridium spp.

1

1

2

  Clostridium tetani

 

1

1

  Listeria monocytogenes

2

  

  Nocardia spp.

3

1

6

Gram-negative

   

 Cocci

   

  Neisseria spp.

 

1

2

 Aerobic Bacilli

   

  Bordetella spp.

3

1

4

  Burkholderia spp.

1

2

3

  Polynucleobacter spp.

7

11

7

  Shigella flexneri

  

1

  Vibrio spp.

 

1

1

 Anaerobic Bacilli

   

  Bacteroides spp.

1

1

 

Other bacteria

   

  Bartonella spp.

1

  

  Borrelia turicatae

  

1

  Mycobacterium abscessus

  

1

  Mycoplasma hominis

1

  

Fungi

   

  Alternaria

2

1

4

  Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1

3

17

  Other fungi*

 

1

3

  1. HCW healthcare worker, PPE personal protective equipment, ICU intensive care unit.
  2. * One of each: Botryosphaeria rhodina, Macroventuria spp., Cochliobolus spp., Arthrographis cuboidea.
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