Bacteremia and Candidemia in Hematological Malignancies: Microbiological Findings and Antibiotic Susceptibilities

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Abstract
The microorganisms isolated in 1981–1985 from 171 cases of septicemia in patients with hematological malignancies were on the whole the same as those found in 1970–1972. The distribution between species was also quite similar for the two periods except within staphylococci, where the isolation rate of coagulase-negative staphylococci was higher in the latter period while that of Staphylococcus aureus was lower. Of 67 strains of Enterobacteriaceae tested for an aminoglycoside, 6% were found to be resistant, whereas 8% of 48 Enterobacteriaceae strains were found to be cefotaxime resistant. Methicillin- or aminoglycoside resistant S. aureus did not occur.

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