Table 2.

Culture by specialty and specimen groups by result

	n (%) Negative		n (%) Positive		n (%) Nonpathogenic/contaminant
Variable	Specimens	Patients	Specimens	Patients	Specimens	Patients
N	13,224	8,631	680	413	40	41
Specialty group (%)
Dermatology	22 (0.2)	21 (0.2)	3 (0.4)	2 (0.5)	1 (2.5)	1 (2.4)
Medical subspecialties/primary care	5,592 (42.3)	3,624 (42.0)	516 (75.9)	286 (69.2)	36 (90.0)	37 (90.2)
Neurology	289 (2.2)	280 (3.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Ophthalmology	29 (0.2)	27 (0.3)	1 (0.1)	1 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Orthopedics	3,240 (24.5)	1,699 (19.7)	14 (2.1)	14 (3.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Other	512 (3.9)	370 (4.3)	48 (7.1)	37 (9.0)	2 (5.0)	2 (4.9)
Outpatient	1,247 (9.4)	1,047 (12.1)	70 (10.3)	50 (12.1)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Radiology	75 (0.6)	72 (0.8)	1 (0.1)	1 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Surgical subspecialties	2,218 (16.8)	1,491 (17.3)	27 (4.0)	22 (5.3)	1 (2.5)	1 (2.4)
	Specimens	Patients	Specimens	Patients	Specimens	Patients
N	13,224	8,721	680	402	40	40
Specimen group (%)
Biopsy	57 (0.4)	39 (0.4)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Bone	3,541 (26.8)	2,003 (23.0)	17 (2.5)	17 (4.2)	3 (7.5)	2 (5.0)
Central Nervous System	848 (6.4)	785 (9.00)	1 (0.1)	1 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Ear Nose and Throat/sinuses	91 (0.7)	76 (0.9)	2 (0.3)	2 (0.5)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Eye	23 (0.2)	23 (0.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Genito-urinary	71 (0.5)	59 (0.7)	3 (0.4)	3 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Intra-abdominal/organ	636 (4.8)	558 (6.4)	10 (1.5)	9 (2.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Not listed	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (0.1)	1 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Pulmonary	5,962 (45.1)	3,696 (42.4)	619 (91.0)	345 (85.8)	36 (90.0)	37 (92.5)
Soft tissue/abscess/wound/lymph Node	1,614 (12.2)	1,176 (13.5)	19 (2.8)	18 (4.5)	1 (2.5)	1 (2.5)
Stool	7 (0.1)	7 (0.1)	3 (0.4)	3 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Vascular	374 (2.8)	299 (3.4)	5 (0.7)	3 (0.7)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)