Re-evaluation of blood culture contamination rates: Discordance between clinical and laboratory assessment

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Handa City Hospital, Handa, Japan; Department of Internal Medicine, Hamada Orthopaedic and Internal Medicine, Mihama, Japan. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Department of Infectious Diseases, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
• ³ Department of Clinical Research Education, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.