Etiological agents isolated from blood in children with hemato-oncologic diseases (2002-2005) |
So-Hee Kim1, Young-Ah Lee1, Byung-Wook Eun1, Nam-Hee Kim1, Jin-A Lee1, Hyoung Jin Kang2, Eun-Hwa Choi1, Hee Young Shin2, Hoan-Jong Lee1, Hyo Seop Ahn2 |
1Departments of Pediatrics, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea 2Departments of Cancer Research Institute Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
소아 혈액 종양 환자에서 발생한 균혈증의 원인균(2002-2005년) |
김소희1, 이영아1, 은병욱1, 김남희1, 이진아1, 강형진2, 최은화1, 신희명2, 이환종1, 안효섭2 |
1서울대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 2서울대학교 의과대학 암연구소 |
Correspondence:
Hoan-Jong Lee, Email: hoanlee@snu.ac.kr |
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Abstract |
Purpose : This study was performed to identify the etiologic agents and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of organisms responsible for bloodstream infections in pediatric cancer patients for guidance in empiric antimicrobial therapy.
Methods : One hundred and ninety-seven episodes of bloodstream infections that developed in 128 pediatric cancer patients were analyzed, which were identified at the Seoul National University Children's Hospital during a 4 year-period from 2002 to 2005.
Results : A total of 214 pathogens was isolated, of which 64.0 percent were gram-negative, 31.3 percent were gram-positive bacteria, and 4.7 percent were fungi. The most common pathogens were Klebsiella spp. (21 percent) and Escherichia coli (16.8 percent), and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS, 7.9 percent) and viridans streptococci (7.5 percent) emerged as important pathogens. Neutropenic patients were more often associated with gram-negative bacteria than non-neutropenic patients (67.5 percent vs. 51.1%, P=0.018) and patients with central venous catheters were more often associated with CNS and viridans streptococci than those without. Resistance rates of gram-positive bacteria to penicillin, oxacillin and vancomycin were 83.3 percent, 48.5 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively, and those of gram-negative bacteria to cefotaxime, piperacillin/tazobactam, imipenem, gentamicin and amikacin were 24.1 percent, 17.2 percent, 6.6 percent, 21.6 percent, and 14.2 percent, respectively. Gram-negative bacteremias were more often associated with intensive care than gram- positive bacteremias (26.5 percent vs. 10.3 percent, P=0.016), and patients with catheters were more often associated with intensive care (34.4 percent vs. 10.8 percent, P<0.001) and higher fatality rate (16.7 percent vs. 4.8 percent, P=0.012) than those without.
Conclusion : This study revealed that gram-negative bacteria are still a dominant organism in bloodstream infections, especially in neutropenic patients, and confirmed that gram-positive bacteria are emerging as important etiological agents in bloodstream infections of pediatric hemato-oncologic patients. |
Key Words:
Bacteremia , Pediatric cancer , Neutropenia |
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