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 .