Bacteraemia in Patients with Leukaemia and Allied Neoplastic Diseases

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Abstract
Over a 3 yr period, 94 episodes of bacteremia were demonstrated in 79 patients with leukemia and allied disorders. The relative proportions of different microorganisms differed from that of an unselected Danish material in the high proportion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremias, and from studies from other cancer treatment centers in the high proportion of cases when gram-positive cocci were isolated. Of the Staphylococcus aureus strains, 70% were fully sensitive to antibiotics or resistant only to penicillin G. Liberal use of penicillins and aminoglycoside antibiotics was employed in the department. No outbreaks attributable to cross infection with a single variety of S. aureus or P. aeruginosa were found during the study.