TABLE 3.
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.