Impact of Early Chemotherapy Resumption on the Outcome after Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Patients with Solid Tumors: A Retrospective Study in a Single Tertiary Cancer Center in Japan

Table 3

Treatment failures of S. aureus bacteremia after chemotherapy resumption.

Treatment failure	Early or late chemotherapy resumption
	Early; ≦17.5 days; (n = 18)	Late; >17.5 days; (n = 18)
Relapse of bacteremia	0 (0)	0 (0)
Recurrence of bacteremia^†	1 (5.6)	0 (0)
90-day mortality after initiating antibiotics	2 (11.1)	1 (5.6)
30-day mortality after chemotherapy resumption	0 (0)	0 (0)

Data are given as the number (%) of patients. Relapse was defined as a positive blood culture for S. aureus ≥48 hours after a negative blood culture during antibiotic treatment. ^†Recurrence was defined as a positive blood culture for S. aureus after the completion of antibiotic treatment.