The Pattern of Microorganisms and Drug Susceptibility in Pediatric Oncologic Patients with Febrile Neutropenia

Table 1

Demographic data of 267 patients with febrile neutropenia.

Patient characteristics	Number (%)
Age, years (median, range)	5.1 (1 month, 15 years)
Male	151 (56.6)
Underlying diseases
Hematologic malignancy	191 (71.5)
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia	114 (42.7)
Acute myeloid leukemia	44 (16.5)
Lymphoma	20 (7.5)
Other	13 (4.8)
Solid tumor	76 (28.5)
Brain tumor	23 (8.6)
Neuroblastoma	17 (6.4)
Rhabdomyosarcoma	7 (2.6)
Osteosarcoma	5 (1.9)
Hepatoblastoma	4 (1.5)
Ewing sarcoma	4 (1.5)
Retinoblastoma	4 (1.5)
Others	12 (4.5)

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, chronic myeloid leukemia, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia; Wilms’ tumor, primitive neuroectodermal tumor, extrarenal rhabdoid tumor, small-cell lung cancer, soft-tissue sarcoma, atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor, yolk sac tumor, mix germ cell tumor.