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Table 5 Characteristics of infections in patients with lung cancer: review.

From: Bacterial infection profiles in lung cancer patients with febrile neutropenia

Authors

Population

Patients (n)

Fever (n)

MDF (%)

Gram -

(% MDF)

Bacteria

Gram+

(% MDF)

Bacteria

Markman et al.11

1983

Small cell cancer neutropenic

72

126

11

61

E. coli

P. aeruginosa

31

S. viridans

S. aureus Bacillus spp

Matsui et al.12

1991

All lung cancer

Leukocytes count <3000/mm3

-

101

58

44

-

56

-

Berghmans et al.20

2003

All lung cancer neutropenic and non neutropenic

275

435

60

64

H. influenzae

M. catarrhalis

E. coli

P. aeruginosa

25

S. pneumoniae

S. aureus

Niho et al.13

2004

All lung cancer neutropenic

35

41

12

40

P. aeruginosa

H. influenzae

60

S. pneumoniae

S. aureus

Enterococcus

Lanoix et al.

2011

All lung cancer neutropenic

87

87

38

58

E. coli

other Enterobacteriaceae

40

S. aureus

S. epidermidis

  1. MDF: microbiologically documented fever