Table I.

Antibiotic therapy vs. blood culture results.

Blood culture	Antibiotic therapy prior to blood collection
	n	%
Negative	37	90.3
Positive	4	9.7
Total	41	100.0
Blood culture	Antibiotic therapy prior to blood collection
	n	%
Negative	38	74.5
Positive	13	25.5
Total	51	100.0
Blood culture	Total
	n	%
Negative	75	81.5
Positive	17	18.5
Total	92	100.0

chi² = 5.768; p = 0.024; Vc = 0.23; Results significant: p < 0.05