Table 2.

Absolute and relative distribution of recovered top four organisms in both groups.

	Distribution of recovered organisms
With infections conference (n = 212)	S. aureus (64; 30%)
	S. epidermidis (39; 18%)
	E. coli (11; 5%)
	M. tuberculosis (8; 4%)
	Other (62; 29%)
	No findings (31; 15%)
Without infections conference (n = 149)	S. epidermidis (36; 24%)
	S. aureus (30; 20%)
	E. coli (10; 7%)
	M. tuberculosis (8; 5%)
	Other (76; 51%)
	No findings (17; 11%)