Table 1.
Microbiological culture results and bacterial identifications obtained from the biological fluids included in the study.
Fig 1.
Gram staining, culture, level of growth on cultured plates and flow cytometry results of the biological samples included in the study.
* Thi: growth only in the thioglycollate broth subcultures, <10 grown colonies on cultured plates, 10–100 grown colonies on cultured plates, >100 grown colonies on cultured plates.
Fig 2.
Distribution of bacterial count by flow cytometry according to the level of growth on cultured plates.
IQR: interquartile range Thioglycollate: growth only in the thioglycollate broth subcultures, <10 grown colonies on cultured plates, 10–100 grown colonies on cultured plates, >100 grown colonies on cultured plates.
Table 2.
Median and interquartile ranges of flow cytometry parameters according to culture positivity direct gram staining and level of growth on cultured plates.
Fig 3.
ROC curve for bacterial count (BACT) and leukocyte count (WBC) by flow cytometry versus culture positivity for 479 biological fluid samples with 83 samples positive by culture.
AUC: Area under the curve.