Observational studySaudi medical journal2021
Skin and soft tissue infections in hospitalized cancer patients: A retrospective study.
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- Prevalence, microbiology, and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of bacterial skin and soft tissue infections in pediatric patients with malignancies at a referral teaching hospital in Shiraz, Iran.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Investigation of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, risk factors and their impact on mortality in cancer patients at a tertiary care cancer hospital- A prospective study.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2024Article
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- The Etiology, Antibiotic Therapy and Outcomes of Bacteremic Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections in Onco-Hematological Patients.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of hospitalized cancer patients with skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs).
methodsAn observational retrospective study was conducted between March 2016 and December 2020 at the Oncology Department of King Saudi Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Patients with complicated and uncomplicated SSTIs were included.
resultsA total of 204 cancer patients with SSTIs were evaluated. The incidence of SSTIs was 1.67% (204/12,203). Breast cancer (39%) was the most common solid tumor in all patients with SSTIs. Exit site infection (n=84, 41.2%) was the most common SSTI in cancer patients, followed by wound infection (n=72, 35.3%), and cellulitis (n=44, 21.5%). The majority of patients received appropriate antimicrobial therapy (n=150, 73.5%).
conclusionThis study has shown a modest incidence of SSTIs in hospitalized cancer patients, with many of the patients received appropriate antimicrobial therapy.
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