Home laboratory standard culture | Royal Free laboratory standard culture | BCB culture (combined aerobic and anaerobic) | ||||
Infection patients, n (%) | Controls, n (%) | Infection patients, n (%) | Controls, n (%) | Infection patients, n (%) | Controls, n (%) | |
No pathogen | 33 (62) | 8 (89) | 37 (70) | 8 (100) | 31 (54) | 9 (100) |
Streptococcus pneumoniae | 5 (9) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 |
Streptococcus anginosus group* (S anginosus, S constellatus, S intermedius) | 4 (8) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 2 (4) | 0 |
Other streptococci | 0 | 1 (11) | 2 (4) | 0 | 6 (11) | 0 |
Anaerobic±aerobic | 5 (9) | 0 | 4 (8) | 0 | 6 (11) | 0 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 |
Mixed aerobic | 1 (2) | 0 | 2 (4) | 0 | 2 (4) | 0 |
Gram-negative bacteria | 5 (9) | 0 | 6 (11) | 0 | 8 (14) | 0 |
↵* Previously termed ‘Streptococcus milleri group’.
BCB, blood culture bottle.