Positive and negative results of IRIDICA PCR/electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) and culture of bronchoalveolar lavage in mechanically ventilated patients with pneumonia.

Positive and negative results of IRIDICA PCR/electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) and culture of bronchoalveolar lavage in mechanically ventilated patients with pneumonia.</p

Individual mechanically ventilated patients with <i>community-acquired pneumonia</i> with positive result obtained with either IRIDICA PCR/electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) or culture on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL).

<p>Support for positive PCR/ESI-MS results is indicated in bold.</p

Individual mechanically ventilated patients without pneumonia with positive result obtained with either IRIDICA PCR/electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) or culture on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL).

<p>Support for positive PCR/ESI-MS results is indicated in bold.</p

Combined results of IRIDICA PCR/electrospray ioization-mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) and culture on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for individual pathogens (with > 1 positive result), in mechanically ventilated patients with and without pneumonia.

<p>Combined results of IRIDICA PCR/electrospray ioization-mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) and culture on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for individual pathogens (with > 1 positive result), in mechanically ventilated patients with and without pneumonia.</p

Flow shart of the study patients.

<p>ICU, intensive care unit; BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage.</p

Characteristics of included patients.

<p>All patients were mechanically ventilated.</p

Semi-quantitative levels of IRIDICA PCR/electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL).

<p>(A) Results of cases with and without pneumonia; (B) Results related to other microbiological results. Black triangles, pneumonia; white triangles, not pneumonia. CFU, colony-forming units.</p

Individual mechanically ventilated patients with <i>hospital-acquired pneumonia</i> with positive results obtained with either IRIDICA PCR/electrospray ionization–mass spectrometry (PCR/ESI-MS) or culture on bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL).

<p>Support for positive PCR/ESI-MS results is indicated in bold.</p