Table 1.

Characteristics of patients

Characteristics	Patients (N = 132)		P value
	Positive culture (n = 23)	Negative culture (n = 109)
Sex
Male	14	68	0.89
Female	9	41
Age
Pediatric	10	51	0.77
Adult	13	58
Cancer type
Hematologic	17	70	0.37
Solid	6	39
Neutropenic state (cells/µL)
≤ 1000	16	46	0.017
> 1000	7	63