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Table 3 Pathogens isolated in cultures or demonstrated by serology

From: C-reactive protein velocity to distinguish febrile bacterial infections from non-bacterial febrile illnesses in the emergency department

Blood cultures (n)

Urine cultures (n)

Soft tissue and skin abscess cultures (n)

Stool cultures (n)

Throat cultures (n)

Serology (n)

Escherichia Coli (7)

Escherichia coli (12)

Streptococcus pyogenes (3)

Shigella sonnei (2)

Group C Streptococcus (2)

Mycoplasma pneumonia (1)

Acinetobacter baumannii (1)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1)

Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (1)

Campylobacter jejuni (2)

Streptococcus pyogenes (3)

Cytomegalovirus (4)

Klebsiella pneumoniae (1)

Enterococcus faecalis (2)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1)

  

Epstein-Barr virus (5)

Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (1)

Klebsiella oxytoca (1)

   

Coxsackievirus B4 enterovirus (1)

Enterococcus faecalis (1)

Klebsiella pneumoniae (1)

   

Hepatitis B virus (1)

     

Herpes simplex virus (1)

  1. Eight patients had two positive cultures at the same time.