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Number of admissions and total and positive blood cultures during each study period in General Hospital of Tripolis, Greece (16/05/2000–15/05/2005). |
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| Hospital admission period |
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| 2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2001–2005 (total) |
p-value |
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| Hospitalized patients |
12,625 |
12,655 |
13,559 |
13,835 |
14,396 |
67,070 |
< 0.001 |
| Number of blood cultures obtained |
406 |
483 |
650 |
763 |
904 |
3,206 |
< 0.001 |
| Ratio of admissions to blood cultures obtained |
31:1 |
26:1 |
21:1 |
18:1 |
16:1 |
21:1 |
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| Positive blood cultures (proportion from blood cultures obtained) |
46 (11.3) |
48 (9.9) |
71 (10.9) |
88 (11.5) |
120 (13.3) |
373 (11.6) |
0.39 |
Falagas et al. BMC Microbiology 2006 6:41 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-6-41 |
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