Table 1.

Demographics of patients who participated in the study.

Blood culture	Negative		Total negative	Positive		Total positive	Total general
	Gender			Gender
	M	F		M	F
Age (avg months)	14.38	15.21		16	17
Race
Hispanic	226	152	378	6	4	10	388
African-American	72	60	132		2	2	134
Other	9	4	13				13
Total general	307	216	523	6	6	12	535