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. 2015 Dec 28;11:391–545. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.clm_1134_03.x
Centre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Etiology known 7.1 39.0 31.6 20.0 16.5 13.8 23.5 23.5 13.9 12.3
Blood culture (properly taken) 66.3 (80.9) 62.2 (91.9) 82.6 (98.4) 56.6 (79.7) 29.4 (54.7) 66.7 (92.8) 59.9 (93.7) 422 (66.2) 45.5 (50.4) 606 (78.0)
Sputa obtained (properly taken) 28.1 (19.1) 63.3 (58.1) 19.1 (68.2) 45.5 (45.8) 47.5 (45.0) 42.0 (46.2) 59.4 (47.8) 38.4 (18.6) 26.4 (31.6) 46.8 (52.1)