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Table 3 The different culture results of the reference method and C&W method

From: Repeated centrifuging and washing concentrates bacterial samples in peritoneal dialysis for optimal culture: an original article

Case

Reference method

C&W method

Outcome

1

No growth

Candida albicans

Catheter removal

2

No growth

Staphylococcus capitis

Cured

3

No growth

OSSA

Cured

4

No growth

Staphylococcus epidermititis

Catheter removal

5

No growth

Staphylococcus epidermititis

Cured

6

No growth

Staphylococcus capitis

Cured

7

No growth

Hemophilus influenza

Cured

8

No growth

Escherichia coli

Cured

9

No growth

Staphylococcus epidermititis

Cured

10

No growth

No growth

Cured

11

No growth

No growth

Cured

12

No growth

No growth

Cured

13

No growth

No growth

Cured

14

Klebsiella pneumonia

No growth

Cured

15

Gram-positive bacilli

Aspergillus fumigatus

Catheter removal

16

Klebsiella oxytoca

Roulette ornithinolytica

Catheter removal

17

P. aeruginosa

Candida spp.

Catheter removal

  1. C&W method centrifuging and washing method, OSSA oxacillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus, P. aeruginosa: Pseudomonas aeruginosa