Table 3.

CSF and blood culture results

	CSF result (%)	Blood result (%)
Total	4632	4351
Positive	95 (2)	428 (10)
Negative	4537 (98)	3557 (81)
Contaminants	0 (0)*	366 (8)
Gram positive	43	207
Group B streptococcus	9	30
Enterococcus spp.	2	39
Listeria monocytogenes	0	1
Staphylococcus aureus	19	100
Gram positive unspeciated	13	37
Gram negative	33	156
Citrobacter spp.	0	2
Escherichia coli	16	58
Enterobacter spp.	3	23
Haemophilus influenza	0	3
Klebsiella spp.	5	36
Morganella spp.	0	2
Pseudomonas aeroginosa	5	7
Salmonella spp.	0	1
Serratia spp.	3	10
Fungi	19	65
Candida spp.	19	64
Malasezzia	0	1

^*CSF with contaminants (e.g. CoNS) were excluded from the analysis