Table 4: Studies related to FN bacteraemia

in pediatric patients with hematology-oncology disorders.

Article

Incidence

Bacteriemias,

n

Microorganisms

n (%)

Greenberg14

Israel (2005)

37.27%

(41/110)

patients

132

Gram-negative

bacteria

86 (65.00)

Klebsiella spp.

20 (15.20)

CNS

15 (11.40)

Pseudomonas spp.

14 (10.60)

Streptococcus spp.

13 (9.80)

Enterobacter spp.

12 (9.10)

E. coli

11 (8.30)

El-mahallawy15

Egypt (2011)

 

239

Gram-positive

bacteria

180 (75.00)

CNS

116 (48.50)

Streptococcus spp.

29 (12.10)

S. aureus

23 (9.60)

Cortez16

Chile (2012)

 

95

Gram-positive

bacteria

56 (59.00)

CNS

29 (30.20)

S. group viridans

13 (5.00)

S. aureus

10 (4.00)

Solís17

Chile (2012)

21.57%

(181/839)

episodes

181

Gram-positive

bacteria

101 (56.04)

CNS

45 (25.00)

E. coli

36 (20.00)

S. group viridans

25 (14.00)

S. aureus

24 (13.00)

Pseudomonas spp.

16 (9.00)

Miedema18

Germany (2013)

 

248

Gram-positive

bacteria

180 (73.00)

CNS

96 (39.00)

Streptococcus spp.

65 (26.00)

Reddy19

India (2014)

4.13%

(27/653)

episodes

27

Gram-negative

bacteria

25 (92.00)

Klebsiella spp.

13 (48.00)

Acinetobacter spp.

6 (22.00)

Al-Mulla20

Qatar (2014)

37.83%

(70/185)

patients

111

Gram-positive

bacteria

64 (57.00)

CNS

42 (38.00)

Klebsiella spp.

14 (13.00)

Pseudomonas spp.

10 (9.00)

E. coli

7 (6.00)

El-Mahallawy21

Egypt (2015)

 

232

Gram-positive

bacteria

168 (72.00)

CNS

135 (58.20)

Streptococcus spp.

16 (6.90)

S. aureus

13 (5.60)

Tural Kara22

Turkey (2019)

 

111

Gram-negative

bacteria

(60.50%)

E. coli

19 (16.70)

CNS

19 (16.70)

Klebsiella spp.

15 (13.20)

Pseudomonas spp.

12 (10.50)

Enterococcus spp.

9 (7.90)

FN = febrile neutropenia;

CNS = coagulase-negative staphylococci.