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Table 4 Microbiologically documented infections observed during therapy (N = 29)

From: Infections in pediatric acute promyelocytic leukemia: from the canadian infections in acute myeloid leukemia research group

Organism

n (%)

Sterile site bacteria*

 

 Gram positive

13 (44.8)

 Viridans group streptococci

6 (20.7)

 Coagulase negative staphylococci

5 (17.2)

 Enterococcus faecalis

1 (3.4)

 Mycoplasma pneumoniae

1 (3.4)

 Gram Negative

4 (13.8)

 Escherichia coli

2 (7.0)

 Klebsiella pneumoniae

1 (3.4)

 Enterobacter cloacae

1 (3.4)

Fungus*

3 (10.3)

 Candida albicans

2 (7.0)

 Alternaria NOS

1 (3.4)

Virus*

9 (31.0)

 Herpes simplex virus

2 (7.0)

 Respiratory syncytial virus

1 (3.4)

 Torovirus

4 (13.8)

 Other1

2 (7.0)

  1. Abbreviation: NOS not otherwise specified;
  2. * For bacterial infections, only sterile site positive cultures are shown. For fungi and viruses, both sterile and non-sterile site positive cultures are shown;
  3. 1 Others were adenovirus (n = 1) and influenza A (n = 1).
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