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8688710

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
From 1990 to 1994, we prospectively evaluated patients with cancer or aplastic anemia who had granulocyte counts of less than 500/mm3 and fever, in order to study infections in febrile granulocytopenic patients in Taiwan. A total of 100 episodes in 95 patients were evaluated. Aerobic Gram-negative bacilli were responsible for 72.5% of the 80 organisms identified in the infections. Escherichia coli was the most common isolate, accounting for 46.5% of Gram-negative bacilli. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella spp caused 24.1% and 18.9% of these infections, respectively. Aerobic Gram-positive cocci were responsible for 12.5% of the 80 organisms identified in the infections. Fungal infections were responsible for 8.8% of isolates. Septicemia, predominantly due to Gram-negative bacilli, accounted for 39 episodes. Infection sites included the respiratory tract, urinary tract, skin and soft tissue, oral cavity, intestines, anus and ear canal. Identification of the pathogens and their clinical features is important in the immediate treatment of such infections.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0929-6646
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
95
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
410-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Infections in febrile granulocytopenic patients: clinical features and pathogens.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan ROC.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article