Table 1. Characteristics of patients with a positive culture with a clonal stain of Burkholderia stabilis.

Hospital	Reason for admission	Procedures involving ultrasound gel prior to or at time of positive cultures	Type of specimens	Signification of culture result as per infectious disease consultant
1	Trauma	Central line insertion FAST ultrasound	Blood cultures	Infection
2	Cardiac arrest	Peripherally inserted central line, transthoracic echocardiogram	Endotracheal secretions	Colonization
2	Birth (newborn)	External fetal monitoring	Umbilical cord blood cultures	Contaminant
2	Fall	Peripherally inserted central line	Blood cultures	Infection
3	Trauma	Central line insertion FAST ultrasound	Blood cultures	Infection
3	Neurological condition	Peripherally inserted central line Venous cavography (using surface ultrasound)	Blood cultures	Infection
3	Neurological condition	Transthoracic cardiac ultrasound	Blood cultures	Infection
3	Trauma	Transthoracic cardiac ultrasound	Blood cultures	Infection
4	Orthopedic condition	Joint ultrasound	Synovial fluid	Contaminant
5	Congestive heart failure	Central line insertion, mesenteric angiogram and embolization, dialysis catheter insertion	Bronchoalveolar lavage	Infection

Abbreviation: FAST, Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma