The ldentity and Antibiotic Sensitivities of Microorganisms lsolated From Throat, Nose, Urine, Fecal and Blood Cultures of Patients with Hematological Malignancies
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Malignancy, Microorganism, Antibiotic susceptibilityAbstract
In order to determine the possible etiologic agents and their antibiotic sensitivities frorn patients with hernatologic malignancies, throat, nose, urine, fecal and blood specimens from 98 rnale and 38 female patients were evaluated microbiologically. Out of a total of 612 culture specirnens, the probable pathogens which were isolated, included 188 (30.72%) Gram positives and 66(10.78 %) Gram negatives. Bacteria which might have been possible cause of infection were not isolated from 358 specimens. The Gram positive bacterium most frequently isolated was S.aureus(39.8 %) the most effective antibiotic was amikacin (71 %) and the least effective was penicillin (34 %). Out of the Gram negative bacteria, E.coli was most frequently isolated and the most effective antibiotics were aztreonam (72 %), amikacin (71 %) and ofloxacin (71 %). The least effective were chloramphenicol (17 %) and amoxycillin (32 %).
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