Research Article
Antibiotic Resistance Profile of Staphylococcus aureus in Cancer Patients at Laquintinie Hospital in Douala, Littoral Region, Cameroon
Table 3
Different characteristics of the disease.
| Variable | Characteristics of the disease | Cancer patients () (%) |
| Stage of disease | Stage 2 | 2 (0.65) | Stage 3 | 82 (26.71) | Stage 4 | 180 (58.63) | Unknown stage | 43 (14.01) |
| Chemotherapy | Yes | 188 (61.24) | No | 119 (38.76) |
| Type of chemotherapy | Adjuvant | 38 (20.21) | Neoadjuvant | 57 (30.32) | Exclusive | 73 (38.83) | Palliative | 20 (10.64) |
| Duration of illness | 6 months | 86 (28.10) | 12 months | 95 (31.05) | >12 months | 125 (40.85) |
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