Table 4.
Rate of solitary blood cultures.
| References | No. of institutions | Rate (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Gross et al., 1988 | 1 | 28.0 |
| Makadon et al., 1987 | 1 | 20.0 |
| Schifman et al., 1991 | 38 | 26.0 (median) |
| Schifman et al., 1996 | 909 | 10.1–12.1 (inpatients) 25.4–33.3 (outpatients) |
| Novis et al., 2001 | 333 | 12.7 (median) |
| Vitrat-Hincky et al., 2011 | 1 | 28.0 |
| Neves et al., 2015 | 1 | 23.2 |