Bacterial species isolated from 156 children with bacteremia, ranked* according to frequency.

*Rank (by age group and overall) was the same for organisms with the same frequency.**Species included: Candida (n = 1), Citrobacter braakii (n = 1), Haemophilus parainfluenzae (n = 2), Pantoea species (n = 1), Gram negative rods not identified (n = 6).***Species included: Bacillus (n = 19), Diphtheroids (n = 6), Micrococcus (n = 6), alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus viridans (n = 3), coagulase negative Staphylococcus (n = 98), yeast (n = 5), mixed bacterial species (n = 4), Gram positive rods not identified (n = 1).