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CNS isolated from three-bottle blood culture sets
| Clinical significance | No. of cultures (%) positive in:
|
Total no. of cultures | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bottle | 2 bottles | 3 bottles | ||
| Sepsis | 35 (28) | 31 (52) | 15 (30) | 81 |
| Contaminant | 64 (51) | 20 (33) | 25 (50) | 109 |
| Indeterminate | 26 (21) | 9 (15) | 10 (20) | 45 |
