Case |
Case |
Positive blood culture for an organism of interest AND No positive culture with the same organism at other body site(s) within 14 days prior to positive blood culture |
Positive blood culture with any organism2AND No positive culture with the same organism at other body site(s) within 14 days prior to positive blood culture |
Control |
Control |
No positive blood culture for any organism |
No positive blood culture for any organism OR Only one culture with common skin contaminant within 2 day period |
Noncase, noncontrol |
Noncase, noncontrol |
Positive blood culture with an organism NOT of interest OR ICD-9-CM code for sepsis and no/negative blood culture OR Positive culture with the same organism at other body site(s) within 14 days prior to a positive blood culture |
ICD-9-CM code for sepsis and no/negative blood culture OR Positive culture with the same organism at other body site(s) within 14 days prior to a positive blood culture |