Table 1.
Description of the demographic characteristics evaluated in 161 cancer patients with Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteremia in cancer patients.
| Demographic Characteristic | Description, n (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Female | 60 (37.3) |
| Male | 101 (62.7) |
| Age (years) | |
| mean ± SD | 61.7 ± 11.9 |
| median (min; max.) | 62.1 (27.2; 91.1) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Asian | 2 (1.2) |
| White | 104 (64.6) |
| Black | 27 (16.8) |
| Mixed | 28 (17.4) |
| Neoplasm, n (%) | |
| Solid tumors | 121 (75.2%) |
| Head and necka | 24 (14.9) |
| GTI | 44 (27.3) |
| Respiratory tract | 23 (14.3) |
| Liver/bile ductes | 10 (6.2) |
| Breast | 6 (3.7) |
| Pancreas | 4 (2.5) |
| Female genitourinary | 4 (2.5) |
| Bones/cartilage/SST | 4 (2.5) |
| Male genitourinary | 1 (0.6) |
| Timo/parotid | 1 (0.6) |
| Hematological neoplasms | 40 (24.8%) |
| Multiple myeloma | 20 (12.4) |
| Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | 14 (8.7) |
| Hodgkin's lymphoma | 4 (2.5) |
| Leukemias | 2 (1.2) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Systemic arterial hypertension | 75 (46.6) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 33 (20.5) |
| Congestive heart failure | 12 (7.5) |
| COPD | 78 (48.4) |
| Smoking | 88 (54.7) |
| Splenectomy | 1 (0.6) |
| AIDS/HIV | 8 (5) |
| Metastasis | 90 (55.9) |
| Karnofsky | |
| 90/100 | 62 (40.3) |
| 70/80 | 62 (40.3) |
| < 70 | 30 (19.5) |
| ECOG | |
| 0/1 | 86 (54.8) |
| 2/3/4 | 71 (45.2) |
GTI gastrointestinal tract (esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, anus and rectum), SST skin and soft tissue, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
aHead and neck, means oral cavity, larynx and pharynx.