TABLE 3.
Organisms isolated from blood cultures of 43 neutropenic cancer patients with 49 primary BSI
| Microorganism | No. (%) of organisms isolated from:
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| All episodes (n = 49) | CRBSI (n = 18) | Unknown source (n = 31) | |
| CoNS | 24 (38.1) | 9 (40.9) | 15 (36.6) |
| E. coli | 10 (15.9) | 1 (4.5) | 9 (22.0) |
| Klebsiella spp. | 5 (7.9) | 1 (4.5) | 4 (9.8) |
| Viridans group streptococci | 5 (7.9) | 2 (9.1) | 3 (7.3) |
| Enterobacter spp. | 3 (4.8) | 1 (4.5) | 2 (4.9) |
| S. maltophilia | 3 (4.8) | 2 (9.1) | 1 (2.4) |
| Candida spp. | 3 (4.8) | 1 (4.5) | 2 (4.9) |
| S. aureus | 2 (3.2) | 1 (4.5) | 1 (2.4) |
| E. faecalis | 2 (3.2) | 1 (4.5) | 1 (2.4) |
| P. aeruginosa | 1 (1.6) | 1 (4.5) | 0 |
| Proteus spp. | 1 (1.6) | 0 | 1 (2.4) |
| S. agalactiae | 1 (1.6) | 0 | 1 (2.4) |
| Corynebacterium spp. | 1 (1.6) | 0 | 1 (2.4) |
| Bacillus spp. | 1 (1.6) | 1 (4.5) | 0 |
| Lactobacillus spp. | 1 (1.6) | 1 (4.5) | 0 |
| Polymicrobial bacteremia | 10 (20.4) | 2 (11.1) | 8 (25.8) |