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7746697

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
Gram-positive bacteria have been the predominant organisms causing bacteremia in febrile neutropenic cancer patients during the past decade. Recently we have noted an increase in Gram-negative bacteremia in children and adolescents with cancer. Therefore we retrospectively reviewed 153 episodes of bacteremia during a 6-year period to investigate changes in the etiology of bacteremia in pediatric oncology patients. In the early 3-year period (January, 1988, to December, 1990) Gram-positive organisms comprised 73 (74%) of the 99 isolates, and Staphylococcus epidermidis was the most common isolate. In the later 3-year period (January, 1991, to December, 1993) Gram-negative organisms were seen with greater frequency and represented 50% of isolates (P = 0.004). Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most commonly isolated organism during this period (22% of all isolates). We speculate that the recent utilization of more intensive chemotherapy regimens has caused an alteration in the epidemiology of bacteremia in children and adolescents with cancer which could influence the initial empiric antibiotic regimens and the outcome of such infections.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0891-3668
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
140-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
The changing epidemiology of bacteremia in neutropenic children with cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9063, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't