title: Bacteraemia--a New York perception.
abstract: Positive blood cultures (in total 7541) obtained from patients of varied social background in a New York medical centre between 1984 and 1989 are reviewed. Streptococcus pneumoniae predominated in community-acquired infections, and coagulase-negative staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus in nosocomial infections, the latter often arising from intravenous lines. The reported trend towards Gram-positive isolates is confirmed in this series.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Neu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fracaro
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bopp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Keefe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018805:Sepsis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*