S

No

Indian

Studies

Duration

(Months)

Episodes

Patients

Detection Technique

Culture Negative

Culture Positive

Gram

Negative

Gram

Positive

Fungal

 1

Prasad N, et al. [11]

96

168

225

Conventional

36.9%

63.1%

42.75%

28.37%

18.87%

2

Gupta S, et al. [13]

36

90

61

Automated

50%

50%

40%

60%

2.2%

3

Sai Ram K, et al. [21]

54

97

89

Conventional

27.8%

72.2%

44.3%

22.6%

3.1%

4

S Vikrant, et al. [22]

18

36

36

Cell Lysate

8.4%

91.6%

27.8%

52.8%

13.9%

5

G Abraham, et al. [23]

21

244

244

Conventional & Automated

64.7%

35.3%

47.8%

36.7%

13.3%

6

Prasad KN, et al. [24]

120

303

211

Automated

18.2%

81.8%

29.4%

33.7%

13.5%

7

Present Study

36

97

74

Conventional & Automated

60.8%

39.2%

31.6%

60.5%

7.7%