Table 1 LOD and amplification reproducibility of the primer and probe on TAC.

From: Detection of pathogenic microorganisms from bloodstream infection specimens using TaqMan array card technology

Targeted pathogens

Linearity R2 efficiency (%)

Limit of detection (LOD) (CFU/mL)

Ct at LOD

Reproducibility of amplification efficiency CV

Inter-assay

Intra-assay

S. aureus

0.999 (91.136)

101

35.94

1.48%

0.28%

S. epidermidis

1.000 (93.478)

101

38.48

0.73%

1.69%

S. hominis

0.998 (90.83)

100

39.08

3.37%

6.33%

S. haemolyticus

0.970 (95.199)

100

35.11

1.99%

9.63%

K. oxytoca

0.985 (85.925)

101

37.51

1.47%

3.08%

E. faecalis

1.000 (95.176)

101

37.96

1.22%

1.45%

E. faecium

0.924 (98.241)

101

35.75

1.20%

5.00%

S. pneumoniae

0.999 (92.845)

101

34.59

1.47%

0.83%

S. agalactiae

0.999 (93.03)

101

37.91

0.60%

8.20%

S. pyogenes

0.992 (95.359)

100

36.80

1.31%

11.58%

C. perfringens

0.992 (89.379)

102

37.85

0.46%

1.58%

S. marcescens

0.996 (96.078)

101

38.19

1.84%

5.66%

L. monocytogenes

0.999 (102.677)

101

36.06

1.90%

2.75%

E. coli

0.993 (102.611)

101

36.29

2.74%

7.50%

K. pneumoniae

1.000 (91.873)

101

37.94

0.94%

0.40%

Ab

0.979 (102.292)

101

37.11

0.38%

6.37%

S. maltophilia

0.996 (91.848)

100

37.89

1.58%

2.08%

P. aeruginosa

0.992 (92.918)

102

36.28

1.31%

1.68%

A. xylosoxidans

0.991 (100.652)

100

38.04

1.33%

0.35%

B. cepacia

0.999 (90.976)

101

38.14

1.88%

2.65%

N. meningitides

0.998 (95.360)

102

36.92

0.40%

0.72%

H. influenzae

0.999 (92.914)

101

36.42

0.67%

1.70%

C. neoformans

0.996 (93.441)

101

38.26

1.30%

2.49%

C. glabrata

0.999 (92.075)

101

37.72

1.17%

1.52%

C. tropicalis

0.996 (96.290)

101

38.99

0.41%

7.62%

C. albicans

0.995 (91.746)

101

34.90

4.49%

3.74%

C. parapsilosis

0.999 (93.193)

100

34.17

0.59%

0.76%