Table 1 Yearly incidence of positive blood culture isolates, comparing gram-positive with gram-negative isolates
Year | Number of ED presentations | Yearly incidence of positive blood culture isolates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total blood culture isolates, number | Total blood culture isolates per 10 000 ED presentation | Gram-negative isolates, number | Number of gram-negative isolates per 10 000 ED presentation | Gram-positive isolates, number | Number of gram-positive isolates per 10 000 ED presentation | ||
2002 | - | 156 | - | 67 | - | 89 | - |
2003 | - | 199 | - | 107 | - | 92 | - |
2004 | 37765 | 152 | 40.3 | 81 | 21.5 | 71 | 18.8 |
2005 | 41912 | 153 | 36.5 | 84 | 20.0 | 69 | 16.5 |
2006 | 44417 | 189 | 42.6 | 109 | 24.5 | 80 | 18.0 |
2007 | 46979 | 192 | 40.9 | 100 | 21.3 | 92 | 19.6 |
2008 | 47356 | 183 | 38.6 | 103 | 21.8 | 80 | 16.9 |
2009 | 50155 | 156 | 31.1 | 90 | 17.9 | 66 | 13.2 |
2010 | 52985 | 161 | 30.4 | 97 | 18.3 | 64 | 12.1 |
2011 | 56120 | 180 | 32.1 | 103 | 18.4 | 77 | 13.7 |
Total | 1721 | 941 | 780 | ||||