TABLE 1.
CNS isolated from various blood culture studies
| Type of blood culture set | Total no. of sets | Total no. of adequate sets | No. of positive cultures (%) for:
|
Total no. of cultures | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sepsis | Contaminants | Indeterminate result | ||||
| 2-bottle set (study 1) (BacT/ALERT Standard O2/AnO2)a | 17,120 | 12,956 | 127 (26) | 329 (67) | 30 (6) | 486 |
| 3-bottle set (study 2) (BACTEC Resin O2/AnO2 and Septi-Chek O2) | 11,393 | 5,043 | 81 (34) | 109 (46) | 45 (19) | 235 |
| 4-bottle set (study 3) (BACTEC and BacT/ALERT Standard O2/AnO2) | 7,925 | 5,389 | 64 (21) | 197 (65) | 42 (14) | 303 |
| Total for all sets | 36,438 | 23,387 | 272 (27) | 635 (62) | 117 (11) | 1,024 |
a
O2, aerobic bottle; AnO2, anaerobic bottle.