Table 3: Microorganisms commonly contaminated blood cultures during the study period.

Organism No. (%) of Isolates
CoNS 78 (60.9)
Corynebacterium spp. (other than C. jeikeum) 10 (7.8)
Positive cultures with inconsistent organism type 10 (7.8)
Others 9 (7.1)
Micrococcus spp. 8 (6.25)
Propionibacterium spp. 5 (3.9)
Viridans group Streptococci 5 (3.9)
Neisseria spp. 3 (2.3)
Total 128