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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of cancer patients with positive cultures

From: Frequency of microbial isolates and pattern of antimicrobial resistance in patients with hematological malignancies: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

Variable

n (%)

Age(years), mean ± SD

 

40.8 ± 16.6

Sex

Male

67 (46.5)

 

Female

77 (53.5)

Type of cancer

ALL

36 (25)

 

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

33 (22.9)

AML

30 (20.8)

MM

22 (15.3)

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

16 (11.1)

CLL

4 (2.8)

Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia

2 (1.4)

Langerhans cell histiocytosis

1 (0.7)

Cancer treatments

Chemotherapy

83 (57.6)

Bone Marrow Transplant

35 (24.3)

Completed treatment

17 (11.8)

No treatment

9 (6.3)

Febrile

Yes

91 (63.2)

No

53 (36.8)

Patients who died

Yes

12 (8.3)

No

132 (91.7)

  1. ALL acute lymphoid leukemia, AML acute myeloid leukemia, MM multiple myeloma, CLL chronic lymphoid leukemia