ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2018
Frequency of bloodstream infection in febrile neutropenic patients, experience from a developing country.
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- Descriptive analysis of frequency and antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogens isolated from acute leukemia patients with febrile neutropenia over a four-year period at a tertiary hospital.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Neutrophil CD64 can be an early predictor for sepsis during febrile neutropenic episodes in children with cancer: a case control study.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Blood Culture Results in Patients with Malignancy in Erzurum Province, Turkey.Acta medica Lituanic · 2024Article
- Bacterial spectrum and antimicrobial resistance pattern in cancer patients with febrile neutropenia.International journal of biochemistry and molecular biology · 2023Article
- Microbiological characterization of bacteremia in patients with chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia: systematic review and meta-analysis.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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Abstract
introductionAbout 20% of febrile neutropenic patients are presented with bloodstream infection which is a leading cause of mortality among these patients. Awareness of the locally prevalent pathogens and their susceptibility pattern is important for proper treatment of infection which improves survival in these patients. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of bloodstream infection in patients with febrile neutropenia admitted in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.
methodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted in the Medical wards in Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi from 21-2-2016 to 20-8-2017. Patients of over 15 years of age of either gender with severe neutropenia were included in this study. Patients with noninfectious cause of fever, or fever prior to neutropenia were excluded. Patients meeting inclusion criteria were enrolled after taking informed consent. About 2-5 ml blood was collected under aseptic measures in Bactac culture bottles. Blood samples were sent to lab within 30 min of collection. Antimicrobial sensitivity testing of all isolates was performed on diagnostic Sensitivity test plates by Kerby - Bauer Method. Patients were referred back to treating physician if blood culture is positive. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.
resultsOf 200 patients, the mean age was 25.8 ± 5.7 years, 120 (60%) were male with male to female ratio of 1.5:1, 89 (44.5%) had low grade fever (Temp. ≤102 °C) and 111 (55.5%) had high grade fever(Temp. >102 °C). The frequency of
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