Table 2 Etiology of positive blood cultures during the induction and consolidation phase

Induction (N = 81)

S. epidermidis (11)

E. cloacae (2)

Neutropenic fever episodes = 69

E. faecium (3)

E. coli (1)

S. mitis (1)

K. pneumoniae (1)

Corynebacterium spp. (1)

Total (N = 20)

16

4

Consolidation (N = 210)

S. epidermidis (8)

E. coli (32)

Neutropenic fever episodes = 112

MRSA (3)

P. aeruginosa (3)

S. hominis (3)

E. cloacae (2)

Corynebacterium spp (2)

S. maltophilia (2)

E. faecalis (1)

S. marcescens (1)

Citrobacter (1)

K. pneumoniae (1)

Total (N = 59)

17

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