Fig. 1

Study population flowchart. Percentages are shown as n of total sample. 1. GLOSS study population; 2. Women with other infections (respiratory, bloodstream, peritonitis or abdominal cavity, central nervous systems, unspecified); 3. Breast infections were excluded due to small numbers; 4. Clinically confirmed refers to infections confirmed only by clinical examination, imaging or laboratory; 5. Microbiologically confirmed refers to infections with identified pathogen with either by Gram staining or other type of microscopy finding, any matching positive cultures of any body fluid. A match to the source of infection was a case where the specimen for the source of the positive culture sample (taken at any time) was considered adequate for the diagnosis of that infection