Table S1.

Microorganisms cultured on positive blood culture days

Pathogenic microorganism	n	Percentage (%)
Enterobacterales *	59	31
Streptococcus pneumoniae	33	17
Coagulase-negative Staphylococci	21	11
Staphylococcus aureus	14	7
Anaerobic bacteria	14	7
Enterococci	13	7
Viridans streptococci	7	4
Listeria monocytogenes	6	3
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	6	3
Candida	6	3
Beta-hemolytic streptococci	6	3
Other bacteria	5	3
Total (pathogenic microorganisms)	190
Possible contaminations	59
Total (positive)	249

^*44 (75%) Escherichia coli. A positive BCD was defined as a day a patient had at least one positive blood culture result.