Identification of bacterial isolates in blood culture samples with the BC-GN assay.

a Bacterial species inoculated into blood culture bottles or bacterial species identified in clinical samples of blood culture bottles.
b Blood culture samples into which bacterial isolates were inoculated.
c Clinical blood culture samples obatined from sepsis patients.
d Numbers of isolates which were correctly identified with the BC-GN assay.
e Numbers of isolates which were not detected with the BC-GN assay.
f Numbers of isolates which were incorrectly identified with theBC-GN assay.
g Numbers of bacterial species which were identified in clinical samples with the conventional methods. Some of the samples contained 2 or 3 bacterial species.
h Concordance rate between the BC-GN assay and the conventional methods for bacterial identification.
i CI indicates confidence interval
j A sample inoculated with K. pneumoniae was identified as Enterobacter spp. with the assay.