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. 2007 Dec;83(986):773–776. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.064683

Table 1 Sites of infection causing bacteraemia (June 2003–May 2005).

Community‐acquired (n = 592) Hospital‐acquired (n = 466)
Gram‐negative organisms 311 (52.5) 233 (50.0)
Urinary tract infection 178/311 (57.2) 94/233 (40.3)
Biliary tract infection 39/311 (12.5) 19/233 (8.2)
Intravascular catheters 3/311 (1.0) 30/233 (12.9)
Lower respiratory tract infection 5/311 (1.6) 4/233 (1.7)
Other sites/not defined 86/311 (27.7) 86/233 (36.9)

Values in parentheses are percentages.