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Table 2 Patient characteristics: Patient characteristics stratified by SeptiFast® (SF) results.

From: Clinical impact of a commercially available multiplex PCR system for rapid detection of pathogens in patients with presumed sepsis

 

SF positive

SF negative

 

SF and BC detected same pathogen

Only SF detected pathogen

SF and BC detected different pathogens

BC detected pathogen

BC and SF neg.

Number of samples

14

12

3

9

63

Number of patients

12

8

2

7

48

Patients in ICU at time of specimen collection

11

11

2

9

50

Number of samples drawn with concomitant antimicrobial therapy

13

12

2

7

50

Median Age

(± SD) [years]

59 (± 18)

  

52 (± 17)

 

Gender

8 female/14 male

  

20 female/35 male

 

Median Duration of hospitalisation (± SD) [days]

40 (± 39)

  

34 (± 43)

 

Hospital mortality

36.4%

  

30.9%

 

Median Number of SIRS criteria (± SD)

2.9 (± 1.1)

  

2.2 (± 1.1)

 
  1. BC = blood culture.