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Table 2 Distribution of sepsis causing pathogens in participants with cancer

From: Sepsis in cancer patients residing in Zimbabwe: spectrum of bacterial and fungal aetiologies and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns

Causative pathogen

Number of isolates (n)

Total (%)

Haematological neoplasm

Solid tumour

Children

Adults

Children

adults

Gram-negative bacteria (n = 21)

 Escherichia coli

4

2

2

–

8 (16.0)

 Klebsiella pneumoniae

2

3

2

–

7 (14.0)

 Enterobacter intermedium

1

–

–

 

1 (2.0)

 Serratia odorifera

–

1

–

–

1 (2.0)

 Acinetobacter species

1

–

–

–

1 (2.0)

 Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1

–

–

–

1 (2.0)

 Salmonella enteritidis

–

1

–

–

1 (2.0)

 Hafnia alvei

–

–

1

–

1 (2.0)

Gram positive bacteria (n = 28)

 CoNS

3

6

2

–

11 (22.0)

 Staphylococcus aureus

2

1

–

1

4 (8.0)

 Enterococcus faecalis

1

5

1

–

7 (14.0)

 Enterococcus gallinarum

2

–

–

–

2 (4.0)

 Enterococcus faecium

1

–

–

–

1 (2.0)

 Streptococcus species

0

1

2

–

3 (6.0)

Fungi (n = 1)

 Candida albicans

1

–

–

–

1 (2.0)

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