Table 1.
High risk patient demographics, 2010–2014.
Fig 1.
Blood culture episodes are divided into neutropenic (ANC <0.5 x 109/L) and non-neutropenic. Cultures are classified into negative and positive, and the positive results are sub-classified depending on whether they were positive for a contaminant or a pathogenic organism.
Fig 2.
Blood culture episodes among inpatients receiving induction chemotherapy and outpatients presenting to the emergency department.
A) Blood culture episodes among the 161 patients admitted for induction chemotherapy, divided as described in Fig 1. B) Blood culture episodes among patients presenting to the emergency department with a febrile episode.
Table 2.
Organisms isolated in the cohort, by ANC at time of collection.
Table 3.
Organisms by inpatient for induction chemotherapy vs outpatient emergency presentation.