TABLE 1.

Characteristics of study participants

Patient no.	Sexa	Age (yr)	Wt (kg)	BMI (kg/m2)	Hematological malignancy	Creatinine clearance (ml/min/1.73 m2)b			Serum albumin value (g/liter)			Blood culture result
						Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3
1	M	54	75	21.3	Hodgkin's lymphoma	87	79	70	23	24	27	Staphylococcus spp.
2	M	79	86	28.9	Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma	89	68	72	31	30	32	Bacillus spp.
3	M	52	96	27.7	Acute myeloid leukemia	66	74	81	30	28	30	Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecium
4	F	59	67	23.5	Follicular lymphoma	88	73	68	32	32	32	Negative
5	F	76	64	23.8	Acute myeloid leukemia	61	61	66	25	26	28	Negative
6	M	50	75	25.4	Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma	64	55	55	29	31	29	Negative
7	M	56	88	23.6	Mantle cell lymphoma	72	72		28	30		Bacillus spp.
8	M	57	77	25.7	Multiple myeloma	72	63	72	32	29	31	Negative
9	M	66	86	29.8	Multiple myeloma	69	69	60	29	27	31	Negative
10	M	39	184	46.9	Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma	65	65	65	30	31	32	Negative
11	M	68	101	33.7	Anaplastic large cell lymphoma	75	83	83	29	24	24	Negative
12	F	40	73	29.4	Acute myeloid leukemia	106	101	101	27	27	27	Negative
Median (IQR)c		57 (52–67)	82 (74.5–90)	26.7 (23.8–29.5)		72 (66–88)	70 (65–75)	70 (66–77)	29 (28–30)	29 (27–30)	30 (28–32)

^aM, male; F, female.

^bCreatinine clearance estimated by the Cockcroft-Gault equation.

^cIQR, interquartile range.