TABLE 1.

Results of blood cultures and H. cinaedi positivity

Institution	Total no. of samples	No. (%) of culture-positive samples	No. (%) of H. cinaedi-positive samples
Nihon University Itabashi Hospital	2,706	430 (15.9)	2 (0.074)
Surugadai Nihon University Hospital	299	59 (19.7)	0 (0)
Showa University Hospital	1,417	247 (17.4)	0 (0)
Toho University Omori Medical Center	1,200	162 (13.5)	1 (0.083)
Teikyo University Hospital	1,084	192 (17.7)	0 (0)
Tokyo Medical and Dental University	966	102 (10.6)	0 (0)
Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital	1,154	187 (16.2)	0 (0)
Toranomon Hospital	2,860	310 (10.8)	3 (0.104)
Mitsui Memorial Hospital	750	124 (16.5)	0 (0)
Nakano Sogo Hospital	454	113 (24.9)	0 (0)
Toshiba General Hospital	465	66 (14.2)	0 (0)
Byotai Seiri Laboratory	3,089	630 (20.4)	0 (0)
Tokyo Koseinenkin Hospital	299	96 (32.1)	0 (0)
Total	16,743	2,718 (17.7)	6 (0.036)