Fig. 1.

Relationship between resistance and timing of adequate antimicrobial therapy. Cumulative percentage of patients receiving at least one adequate antimicrobial, on each time-period before and after the date of collection of the first positive blood culture, shown by antimicrobial resistance status. MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSE, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis includes all methicillin resistant coagulase-negative staphylococcus, VRE: vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus. Closed brackets [;] denote inclusive of the end of the range and open brackets]; [ denote the exclusion of the end of the range