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.