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Detection of S. aureus bacteremic episodes by aerobic versus anaerobic bottles alone
| No. of blood sets drawn/patienta | No. of patients with positive cultures (% with multiple positive cultures)
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Aerobic bottles only | Anaerobic bottles only | |
| 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 5 (40) | 21 (24) |
| 3 | 4 (0) | 20 (20) |
| 4 | 3 (0) | 25 (48) |
| 5 | 0 | 6 (33) |
| 6 | 0 | 6 (33) |
| 7 | 0 | 1 (0) |
| Total | 15 (13) | 82 (30) |
Within 3 days of the first bottle positive for S. aureus.
