Table 1. Patients and transplant characteristics .
Clinical features | Number of patients (percentage) |
Total of patients | 45(100%) |
Hematological disease | |
Acute myeloblastic leukemia | 10(22%) |
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia | 7(16%) |
Aplastic anemia | 13(29%) |
Lymphoma | 7(16%) |
Myeloma | 6(13%) |
Myelodysplastic syndrome | 1(2%) |
Gaucher disease | 1(2%) |
Treatment | |
Allograft | 33(73%) |
Autograft | 12(17%) |
Factors associated with bacteremia | |
Neutropenia | 8(59%) |
Mucositis | 7(16%) |
Acute GVHD grade ≥3 | 22(49%) |
Presence of central venous catheter | 42(93%) |