TABLE 2.

Comparative yield of clinically significant isolates of bacteria and yeast

Microorganism	Total no. of isolates	No. of isolates from:			P for FAN vs routine method
		Routine culture	Standard bottles	FAN bottles
Gram-positive cocci	138	111	111	133	<0.001
S. aureus	51	42	39	51	0.003
Coagulase-negative staphylococcus	50	41	42	48	0.008
Enterococci	18	13	14	16	NSe
Streptococcia	19	15	16	18	NS
Gram-positive bacilli	4	3	4	3	NCf
Corynebacterium sp.	3	2	3	2	NC
Listeria sp.	1	1	1	1	NC
Gram-negative bacilli	54	42	46	53	<0.001
Enterobacteriaceaeb	39	31	33	39	0.005
Other GNBc	15	11	13	14	NS
Anaerobes	9	7	5	9	NC
Clostridium sp.	5	3	2	5	NC
Anaerobic GNB	4	4	3	4	NC
Fungi
Yeastd	22	21	20	19	NS
All microorganisms	227	184	186	217	<0.001

^aIncludes four S. pneumoniae isolates; one group B, three group G, and seven viridans group streptococci; two S. milleri group isolates; one S. mitis isolate; and one S. sanguis isolate. 

^bIncludes 12 Escherichia coli, 9 Enterobacter cloacae, 2 Enterobacter aerogenes, 1 Enterobacter sp., 2 Klebsiella oxytoca, 2 Klebsiella pneumoniae, 5 Serratia marcescens, 2 Citrobacter freundii, and 4 Proteus mirabilis isolates. 

^cGNB, gram-negative bacilli. Includes two Pasteurella multocida, one Campylobacter jejuni, four Pseudomonas aeruginosa, one Pseudomonas putida, one Pseudomonas alcaligenes, one Flavimonas oryzihabitans, two Flavobacterium odoratum, one Haemophilus influenzae, and one Aeromonas sp. isolate and one unidentified oxidase-positive, gram-negative bacillus. 

^dIncludes nine C. albicans, four C. tropicalis, one C. glabrata, seven C. parapsilosis, and one C. pseudotropicalis isolate. 

^eNS, not significant (P > 0.05). 

^fNC, not calculated when total number of isolates was ≤10.