Figure 2. Comparison of on-panel pathogen detection (T2Bacteria vs. Blood cultures). 16 out of 17 proven and probable BSI’s were detected by T2, whereas BC detected only 9 out of 17.
The combined performance of BC and the T2Bacteria Panel for diagnosis of BSI is shown in Figure 3. Among all identified causes of proven and probable BSIs, 77% (17 of 22) of positive detections were included on the T2Bacteria Panel. The most commonly identified species were E. coli and P. aeruginosa .