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Table 4 Detailed results for all cases with at least one positive result in mPCR or cMD

From: Point-of-care multiplex PCR promises short turnaround times for microbial testing in hospital-acquired pneumonia – an observational pilot study in critical ill patients

Case no.

Results mPCR pathogens

Resistances

Results cMD pathogens

Resistances

Concordant cases [mPCR (+) = cMD (+)]:

1a

Escherichia coli

ermB, temb, ctx-Mb, sul1b, gyrA83b, gyrA87b

Escherichia coli (3-MRGN)

SAM, TZP, CXM, CTX, CAZ, GM, CIP, MXF, SXT,

2

Escherichia coli

mecA, ermC, mefA, ermB, gyrA83b, gyrA87b

Escherichia coli

none

3

Staphylococcus aureus

ermCb, mefA, sul1

Staphylococcus aureus

E, CC

4

Staphylococcus aureus

ermB, ermCb

Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

P, OX, SAM, CXM, MXF

5

Enterobacter species

ebcb

Enterobacter cloacae

SAM

6

Staphylococcus aureus

mecAb, ermB

Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

P, OX, SAM, CXM, MXF

Non-concordant cases [mPCR (−) ≠ cMD(+)]:

7a

none

none

Enterobacter aerogenes

none

8a

none

int1

Haemophilus influenzae, Citrobacter koseri

none, none

Non-concordant cases [mPCR (+) ≠ cMD(+)]:

9a

Moraxella catarrhalis

ermB

Moraxella catarrhalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae

none, AM

10

Moraxella catarrhalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanii

mecA, ermC, mefA

Klebsiella pneumoniae, Hafnia alvei

AM, SAM, TZP

11

Streptococcus pneumonia, Chlamydia pneumoniae

mefAb, ermBb, tem

Enterobacter amnigenus, Escherichia coli,

AM, CXM, none

12

Haemophilus influenzae, Staphylococcus aureus

mecAb, ermB, int1

Staphylococcus aureus

P

13

Streptococcus pneumoniae

ermC, mefAb, ermBb, ctx-M, kpc

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4-MRGN)

TZP, CTX, MEM, IPM, CIP, SXT

14a

Staphylococcus aureus, Moraxella catarrhalis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanii

ermCb, ermBb

Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes

P, E, CC, TE, SXT, CIP

15

Streptococcus pneumoniae

ermBb

Streptococcus anginosus

CIP

16a

Streptococcus pneumoniae

ermBb

Citrobacter freundii

SAM

17

Moraxella catarrhalis, Serratia marcescens

none

Serratia marcescens

SAM, CXM

18

Streptococcus pneumoniae, Klebsiella oxytoca

ermC, mefAb, ermBb, sul1

Enterobacter cloacae

SAM

19

Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus

ermCb, mefA, ermB, dha, ebc

Enterobacter cloacae

SAM, CXM

20a

Serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa

gyrA83_2, gyrA87_2, parC

Serratia marcescens, Klebsiella oxytoca

SAM, CXM, SAM, TZP, CXM

21a

Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae, Morganella morganii

dha

Proteus mirabilis, Escherichia coli, Morganella morganii

SXT, SAM, SAM, CXM

22

Moraxella catarrhalis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumanii, Haemophilus influenzae

ermBb

none

none

23a

Haemophilus influenzae

mefA, ermB, temb

Proteus mirabilis

none

24

Serratia marcescens, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Klebsiella oxytoca

none

Serratia marcescens, Raoultella ornithinolytica

SAM, CXM, MXF, AM, CXM

  1. AM Ampicillin, SAM Ampicillin-Sulbactam, CAZ Ceftazidime, CTX Cefotaxime, CXM Cefuroxime, CIP Ciprofloxacin, CC Clindamycin, SXT Cotrimoxazole, E Erythromycin, GM Gentamicin, IPM Imipenem, MEM Meropenem, MXF Moxifloxacin, OX Oxacillin, P Penicillin G, TZP Piperacillin-Tazobactam, TE Tetracycline
  2. a Partly test failure mPCR
  3. b Resistance marker encoding for a drug resistance with potential clinical relevance for a pathogen, detected by mPCR