Type of culture/Germ

Effective

Percent

Blood culture

Salmonella typhi

6

13.0

Escherichia coli

4

8.7

Staphylococcus aureus

3

6.5

Sterile

33

71.8

UCBE*

Klebsiella spp

7

7.1

Escherichia coli

5

5.0

Sterile

87

87.9

Coproculture

Salmonella typhi

12

23.5

Escherichia coli

3

5.9

Sterile

36

70.6

Cerebro-Spinal Fluid culture

Streptococcus pneumoniae

1

10

Sterile

10

90