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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 18.
Published in final edited form as: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012 Mar 20;33(5):524–526. doi: 10.1086/665319

TABLE 1.

Organisms Responsible for Contaminated Cultures

Study category and organisms No. of
pairs
PIV contaminated/DV not contaminated 29
  Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus 16
  Diphtheroids 2
  Micrococcus species 2
  Propionibacterium acnes 2
  α-hemolytic Streptococcus 2
  Aerococcus species 1
  Bacillus species 1
  Staphylococcus aureus 1
  Micrococcus species 1
  α-hemolytic Streptococcus and diphtheroids 1
PIV not contaminated/DV contaminated 14
  Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus 6
  Propionibacterium species 3
  α-hemolytic Streptococcus 3
  Diphtheroids 1
  Micrococcus species 1
Both PIV and DV contaminated 4
  PIV: coagulase-negative Staphylococcus/DV: Micro-
    coccus species		 1
  PIV: Diphtheroids/DV: coagulase-negative
    Staphylococcus 		1
  PIV: Micrococcus species/DV: Propionibacterium acnes 1
  PIV: Propionibacterium acnes/DV: coagulase-negative
    Staphylococcus 		1

NOTE. DV, dedicated venipuncture; PIV, peripheral intravenous catheter.