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. 2017 Oct 24;61(11):e00311-17. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00311-17

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of study participants

Characteristica n (%) or median (IQRb)
Age (yr) 61 (53–66)
Sex
    Male 21 (57)
    Female 16 (43)
Body mass index (kg/m2) 25.7 (23.0–28.1)
Weight (kg) 78 (63–87)
Creatinine clearance (ml/min/1.73 m2) 94 (71–132)
Albumin (g/liter) 27 (23–28)
Malignancy
    Acute myeloid leukemia 14 (38)
    Multiple myeloma 10 (27)
    Hodgkin's lymphoma 4 (11)
    Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 4 (11)
    Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma 2 (5)
    B-lymphoblastic lymphoma 1 (3)
    Follicular lymphoma 1 (3)
    Primary CNS lymphoma 1 (3)
Positive blood culture 14 (38)
Organisms isolated
    Bacillus cereus 2 (5)
    Escherichia coli 1 (3)
    Enterobacter cloacae 1 (3)
    Enterobacter aerogenes 1 (3)
    Klebsiella pneumonia 2 (5)
    Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1 (3)
    Staphylococcus sp. 3 (8)
    Viridans streptococci 3 (8)
Additional antibiotics
    Gentamicin 36 (97)
    Vancomycin 4 (11)
    Ciprofloxacin 1 (3)
    Metronidazole 1 (3)
    Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole 1 (3)
a

CNS, central nervous system.

b

IQR, interquartile range.