Table 1.

Medical record of the patients

Patient	Diagnosis	Number of positive blood culture	Site of blood culture	Central venous catheter	Antibiotics	Blood transfusion	Interval between blood transfusion and symptoms of infection	Date of infection
77 M	Esophageal carcinoma CRT post operation	2/4	Percutaneous blood culture	For nutrition support	Cefozopran (5 days)	Non	Non	February 2013
83 M	Gastric cancer	4/4	Percutaneous blood culture	For peri-operative treatment	Cefmetazole (8 days) Ceftriaxone (5 days) Piperacillin (5 days)	RCC 8 units and colloid	9 and 7 days before	January 2013
39 F	Sub-arrachnoid hemorrhage	8/8	Percutaneous blood culture & culture of the catheter tip	For the treatment of sepsis	Meropenem (3 days) Ceftazidime (12 days)	RCC 2 units and colloid	Same day	March 2016