Table 1. Distribution of the 435 bloodstream episodes according to hospital services and underlying diseases.
Services | Episodes | (%) |
---|---|---|
Non-surgical | 360 | 82.8 |
Hematology | 141 | 32.4 |
Oncology | 80 | 18.4 |
Pediatric | 63 | 14.5 |
BMT | 63 | 14.5 |
Radiotherapy | 13 | 3.0 |
Surgical | 75 | 17.2 |
Abdominal | 30 | 6.9 |
Head and neck | 12 | 2.8 |
Genitourinary | 10 | 2.3 |
Central nervous system | 09 | 2.1 |
Others * | ||
Underlying diseases | ||
Solid tumors | 194 | 44.6 |
Disseminated | 81 | 41.8 |
Local disease | 113 | 58.2 |
Hematology diseases | 241 | 55.4 |
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 66 | 27.4 |
Acute myeloid leukemia | 60 | 24.9 |
Acute lymphocytic leukemia | 32 | 13.3 |
Hodgkin disease | 20 | 8.3 |
Chronic myeloid leukemia | 19 | 7.8 |
Myelodysplastic syndrome | 15 | 6.2 |
Multiple myeloma | 12 | 4.9 |
Aplastic anemia (post-BMT) | 09 | 3.7 |
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | 07 | 2.9 |
Fanconi's anemia (post-BMT) | 01 | 0.4 |
BMT: Bone marrow transplantation
Chest: n = 5 (1.1%); Gynecology: n = 5 (1.1%); Bone and skin/soft tissue: n = 2 (0.5%); Breast: n = 2 (0.5%).