Table 2 of Song, Mol Vis 2017; 23:407-415.


Table 2. Identification of S. aureus in pellets of cultured vitreous by Vitek MS.

Inoculated concentrations(CFU/μl) Cultured concentrations(CFU/μl) Total spots* Vitek MS identification results Concordant identification
[no. (%)] No identification
[no. (%)] Discordance
[no. (%)]
1.0×105 1.0×106 9 S. aureus 9 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)
1.0×104 0.9×105 9 S. aureus 9 (100) 0 (0) 0 (0)
1.0×103 1.1×104 9 S. aureus 2(22.2)§ 7 (77.8) 0 (0)