TABLE 1.

Tabulation of all blood cultures and catheter tip cultures taken during hospital admission^a

Day of admission	Site of culture	Result	Time to positivity (h)
33	Right IJ catheter tip	A. orzyae	48
33	Left IJ blood	A. orzyae	48
48	Left IJ catheter tip	No growth	48
48	Right IJ blood	A. orzyae	12
51	Left IJ blood	A. orzyae	12
59	Left IJ blood	A. orzyae	12
61	PICC	A. orzyae	48
62	PICC	No growth	48
63	PICC	No growth	48
64	PICC	No growth	48
66	PICC	No growth	48
67	PICC	No growth	48
70	Right IJ blood	No growth	48

^aThe day of admission refers to the day that the cultures were acquired. IJ, internal jugular; PICC, peripherally inserted central catheter. All cultures are routinely held for 5 days.