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| Conventional Blood culture methods 2008-2013 | Bactec Automated blood culture system 2015-2020 | X2 | p-value |
| Sex |
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| Male | 2984 (57.0) | 661 (56.5) | 663.655 | 0.000 |
| Female | 2260 (43.0) | 508 (43.5) |
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| Positive Blood cultures | 515 (9.8) | 536 (45.9) | 913.275 | 0.000 |
| Negative Blood cultures | 4761 (90.2) | 633 (54.1) |
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| Gram positive Bacteria | 172 (33.3) | 182 (34.0) | 0.037 | 0.848 |
| Gram negative Bacteria | 343 (66.7%) | 354 (66.0) |
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| Positive culture |
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| Males | 287 (57.0) | 286 (53.8) | 1.062 | 0.303 |
| Females | 217 (43.0) | 246 (48.2) |
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| Age |
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| <28 days Positive Culture Negative culture |
282 (13.3) 1833 (86.6) |
219 (31.1) 144 (68.9) | 424.247 | 0.000 |
| 1 - 12 mths Positive Culture Negative Culture |
70 (7.2) 900 (92.8) |
86 (17.5) 118 (82.5) | 178.588 | 0.000 |
| >1 - 5 yrs Positive Culture Negative Culture |
96 (8.2) 1073 (91.8) |
134 (26.2) 172 (73.8) | 233.244 | 0.000 |
| 6 - 9 yrs Positive Culture Negative Culture |
44 (8.0) 506 (92.0) |
41 (10.1) 77 (89.9) | 62.581 | 0.000 |
| 10 - 18 yrs Positive Culture Negative Culture |
23 (6.1) 355 (93.9) |
56 (31.4) 122 (68.6) | 63.928 | 0.000 |