FIG. 1.

Geographical uptake area of the 14 participating centers designated by the following numbers: 1, Rigshospitalet; 2, Copenhagen city hospitals; 3, Copenhagen county; 4, Frederiksborg; 5, Roskilde; 6 and 7, SW-Sealand; 8, Funen; 9, S-Jutland; 10, Esbjerg; 11, Vejle; 12, Herning; 13, Viborg; 14, N-Jutland; and 15, Aarhus. The island Bornholm, 16, was served by Roskilde, 5, in 2004 but in the rest of the period by Copenhagen city hospitals, 2. No other laboratories process blood cultures in Denmark. (Adapted from a map available on Wikipedia under a Creative Commons license.)