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Table 2 Microbiological sample and positive cultures

From: Epidemiological analysis of intra-abdominal infections in Italy from the Italian register of complicated intra-abdominal infections—the IRIS study: a prospective observational nationwide study

Microbiological sample

n

Positive cultures

N

%

Bloodstream & intra-abdominal cultures

127

Yes

64 (53 + 11 fungi)

50.4

  

No

3

49.6

Intrabdominal cultures

3041

Yes

1484 (1301 + 183 fungi)

48.8

  

No

1557

51.2

Bloodstream cultures

40

Yes

7

17.5

  

No

33

2.5

Not performed

1321

   
  1. Data are presented as actual number (n), mean ± Standard deviation or percentage () where appropriate
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

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