Table 4 Yield of microbiological specimen
From: Use of microbiology tests in the era of increasing AMR rates– a multicentre hospital cohort study
Diagnosis* | Test findings | Blood culture % | Urine culture % | SST culture1% | Respiratory culture % | RP-PCR2 % | UPAg3 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sepsis | Causative | 20 | 36 | 63 | 29 | 18 | 8 |
Non-causative | 5 | 16 | 25 | 58 | |||
Negative | 75 | 48 | 13 | 13 | 82 | 92 | |
Total | 100 (n = 303) | 100 (n = 239) | 100 (n = 24) | 100 (n = 52) | 100 (n = 106) | 100 (n = 111) | |
UTI | Causative | 17 | 54 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Non-causative | 4 | 17 | 67 | 80 | |||
Negative | 79 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 100 | 100 | |
Total | 100 (n = 113) | 100 (n = 179) | 100 (n = 3) | 100 (n = 15) | 100 (n = 27) | 100 (n = 21) | |
SSTI | Causative | 4 | 30 | 70 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
Non-causative | 4 | 15 | 23 | 60 | |||
Negative | 92 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 100 | 100 | |
Total | 100 (n = 163) | 100 (n = 47) | 100 (n = 107) | 100 (n = 5) | 100 (n = 11) | 100 (n = 4) | |
LRTI | Causative | 4 | 16 | 67 | 33 | 17 | 9 |
Non-causative | 2 | 20 | 22 | 52 | |||
Negative | 94 | 63 | 11 | 15 | 83 | 91 | |
Total | 100 (n = 470) | 100 (n = 298) | 100 (n = 9) | 100 (n = 185) | 100 (n = 240) | 100 (n = 196) | |
AECOPD | Causative | 1 | 17 | 43 | 41 | 8 | 10 |
Non-causative | 4 | 16 | 43 | 45 | |||
Negative | 94 | 67 | 14 | 14 | 92 | 90 | |
Total | 100 (n = 269) | 100 (n = 166) | 100 (n = 7) | 100 (n = 161) | 100 (n = 167) | 100 (n = 123) | |
Total | Causative | 8 | 29 | 67 | 34 | 13 | 8 |
Non-causative | 4 | 18 | 25 | 51 | |||
Negative | 88 | 53 | 8 | 14 | 87 | 92 | |
Total | 100 (n = 1318) | 100 (n = 929) | 100 (n = 150) | 100 n = (418) | 100 (n = 551) | 100 (n = 455) |